That same preface also contains a single line that really does sum everything up: 'Some other places were not so good but maybe we were not so good when we were in them.'

Sharing a bit of yourself, opening a window into your own world, is a good place to begin.

We go where we need to go, and then try to figure out what we're doing there.

The generalizing writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I'm not being clear, exactly, but don't you kind of feel what I'm feeling?

Embrace each other with love, smiles and warm hug.

Never stop believing in your dreams or the power within you to make them come true.

If we deny ourselves the unique human faculty of learning from others’ mistakes, we deny oneself the chance to be a human.

Men knew better than they realized, when they placed the abode of the gods beyond the reach of gravity.

Had we not decided to perform this as gracefully as a dancer’s leap? But we turned it into a dinosaur’s dance party!

The world is better because of Coretta Scott King. She affected countless lives and her voice will be deeply missed, especially by those who carry on her incredible undertaking.

No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.

Investors believe in the best possible outcome.

The only way God could impose peace on the world would be to robotize our wills and rob every human being of the power of choice. He has not chosen to do that. He has given every person a free will.