Pride is the problem. Everyone wants to be right so badly they overlook the "rights" of others.

Happiness will never flourish in a life bereft of optimism.

I understand (finally) that God does not REACT to prayers or petitions. He has ACTED. It is already done.

Why trade definite for a maybe?

Words, and faith, will only take you as far as your actions allow.

Success is determined by how little time you have to worry whether others are criticizing you, while being too focused to address them if they are.

Depending on the strength of the relationship, level of communication and one’s tolerance for discord, many people are able to get past normal skirmishes unscathed.

Stop giving the best part of you to those unworthy of that gift.

In relationships, everyone makes mistakes. If you are forgiven for yours, don't take it for granted.

Truth be told, many couples spend more time planning the wedding and the honeymoon than they do preparing for the marriage.

Trying to change someone to suit your desires is a setup for disappointment.

We are still living with the ideology of compromise, not with the ideology of recognition

We will go far away, to nowhere, to conquer, to fertilize until we become tired. Then we will stop and there will be our home.

The practice of radical forgiveness, the extension of compassion-this is grace.

Go to the meadows, go to the garden, go to the woods. Open your eyes!

Against these two [Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton] I would [vote], but I never voted for [Barack Obama]. I always voted third party - the ones who say their gonna jail the bankers.

I was drafted during the Korean War.

The first song I wrote was called "You" and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist. I remember them all because I used to always write terrible poetry. I keep all my notebooks.

Donald Trump is finding out what I found out: when you run for office, you are not allowed to tell a joke.

If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves.

I really enjoyed being a blonde. Men were more friendly and flirtatious. My face looked more worldly. It took the innocence away. It could be the new me.