Stories are like catechisms, but they're catechisms for your impulses, they're catechisms with flesh on.

We're as ephemeral as raindrops. We all fall, and we all land somewhere.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

What we saw in Richard Nixon's face was the panic in his soul. – Richard Goodwin

The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.

All I can think about is bed.” “We’re sharing the same thought.” “You’re thinking about bed too?” “I’m thinking about YOU in MY bed.

His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him.

We raise our voices in holy gladness to celebrate the victory of the risen Christ over the terrible forces of death.

You don't talk about paintings, you look at them.

There is no effort without error or shortcoming.

I guess my husband is a muse as well.

I believe in being an innovator.

Which is better--to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?