People are afraid of knowledge that is not yet theirs.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

We teach best by how we live life

Excess has impaired perspective in America.

When patterns are broken new worlds emerge.

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing the body can use.

The purpose of social work should not be to distribute favours, but to restore rights.

Physically, teachers are often alone in their own classrooms with no other adults for company. Psychologically, they never are.

Treat others as thou wouldst be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others.

Oh, boy. I'm still in touch with about 90 percent of my exes. They would describe me as being unlucky in love.

He was not the greatest of men but he was the greatest of kings.

Whether you respond to life or react to life determines how far you're gonna go in life.