The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.

War is not inherent in human beings. We learn war and we learn peace. The culture of peace is something which is learned, just as violence is learned and war culture is learned.

There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity.

Peace cultures thrive on and are nourished by visions of how things might be, in a world where sharing and caring are part of the accepted lifeways for everyone.

When three generations are present in a family, one of them is bound to be revolutionary.

Fasting and feasting are universal human responses, and any meal, shared with love, can be an agape.

I have long been convinced that families are the primary agents of social change in any society.

Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyous words in the language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying.

Storytelling bridges the generational gaps in ideology.

Why is it that we are born remembering, and live forgetting?

I have made a lot of mistakes falling in love, and regrettedmost of them, but never the potatoes that went with them.

It's just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn't it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal.

You cannot break me. I believe in my self.

Your attitude toward Scripture can reveal your attitude toward the Savior. When your passion for God's Word runs high, your passion for God does as well.

Denial exists when three beliefs intersect:1. It cannot happen. 2. It cannot happen to you.3. It cannot happen to you now.

Perhaps [James Herondale] loved vice for vice's own sake.

A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man.

The mystery of that damn virus has been generated by the $2 billion a year they spend on it.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.