Resurrection means that the worst thing is never the last thing.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need.

We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.

Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy is drawing near.

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.

The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are.

The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.

Whenever you take an action, Decide by both your brain and heart in equal proportions .Balance them as far as possible.

The difference between punishment and discipline is a powerful child.

I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don't know what life has in store for you.

My hair is my everything: my best friend, my mentor, my moral compass.

Let's look at human interactions. I really believe that there is a way for us to settle disputes nonviolently, using our minds, using all of that was given to us.

The great ambition of women is to inspire love.

I really hope that all librarians aren't like Gladys Morgan. Because I'd really like , at some point, to walk into a library and not be afraid for my life.

There is another consequence of any belief in a single god, and that is that it is a very good excuse for people to behave very badly.

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

We can remove Saddam because that could start a chain reaction in the Arab world that would be very healthy.