Prayer is the opening of the soul to God so that he can speak to us.

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.

Eternal life is personal existence in continuity with the present life, but transfigured.

the truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work.

One can be coerced to church, but not to worship.

The great danger is that in the confession of any collective sin, one shall confess the sins of others and forget our own.

... we all know how to pray better than we practice what we know!

Religion is the most widely debated and least agreed upon phenomenon of human history.

The perpetual danger which besets religion is that it may substitute gentility and aestheticism for prophetic insight and power.

To keep God at the center of one's life requires frequent renewal of power through prayer.

Prayer is essentially a process by which ideals are enabled to become operative in our lives. It may be more than this, but it is at least this.

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

My heart was divided for so long. Now I'm able to give you every part of me. You deserve nothing less.

There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder things happen. Crazy comes back into fashion and every woman has to go out and find her some.

It's so easy to be there when it's all sunshine, but it really takes strength and courage to be there for each other during the dark times.

Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.

To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a 'home' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation.

For thogh we slepe, or wake, or rome, or ryde, Ay fleeth the tyme; it nyl no man abyde.

If slaughter houses had glass walls, would we even be having this debate?

Everything that matters to we can work out as expected, in the event that we have the strength to seek after them.