The Church is larger than any one nation or any one political scene.

...once again I saw that incredulous question, that dawning hope: We are not alone, then? We have brothers in other places? We have friends we never knew?

As I did, there, in perfect condition, to be admired by five sets of wondering eyes, was an enormous, glistening, moist, chocolate cake.

The enemy is fierce and he would like for you to think that he has on. Don't believe his lie.

Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe.

I experienced one of the common miracles of the Christian life. Our spirits recognized each other.

You can get in anywhere if you go to serve.

Why are we worried!" Rolf said suddenly. "This is God's work. He'll make a way for us.

Our mind has a mind of its own.

What you are

The learning process continues until the day you die.

Any time you have a situation in which you are calling for more time rather than calling for Iraq to immediately comply, it plays into the hands of Saddam Hussein.

I grew up a big comic book reader, as a kid, and I love the whole fanboy crowd.

I was always fascinated by people who are considered completely normal, because I find them the weirdest of all

I don't want to love you if you're only going to die.

it's a reminder of one of the greatest lessons of all: live as if you'll live forever, but live each day as if it were your last.

I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories.

I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.