Prayer was never meant to be magic, ' Mother said.'Then why bother with it?' Suzy scowled.'Because it's an act of love, ' Mother said.

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.

You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.

We evolve at the rate of the tribe we are plugged into.

There are certain parts of chords that resolve things and tie a bow, and others that keep things open and unanswered.

One seldom discovers a true believer that is worth knowing.

The sun's sweet ray is hovering discovered.

There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I'm the biggest sinner of them all.

There is nothing more practical than a good theory.

Like love, destruction can be ecstatic.

Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate is thine--no distant date; Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight Shall be thy doom!

I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.