The medieval mystics say the true image and the true real met once and for all on the cross: once and for all: and yet they still meet daily.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

Love more, fear less.

I sent my Soul through the Invisible Some letter of that After-life to spell And by and by my Soul returned to me And answered "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell."

Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.

Any new technology tends to go through a 25-year adoption cycle.

You couldn't unburn the books. You could only buy new ones.

During holiday parties I end up recycling a lot of my cocktail dresses and just wearing a layering piece, like a blazer and tights, with it.

We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.

The street is the best way to become a good footballer.

God doesn't measure His bounty, but oh how we do!

Pause awhile, And let my counsel sway you.