The spiritual law at the core of our being requires that we reach out. We are fulfilled to the extent that we live in relationships.

The silence of prayer is the silence of listening.

Because our gifts carry us out into the world and make us participants in life, the uncovering of them is one of the most important tasks confronting any one of us.

I am convinced that what has the greatest meaning for us is what we uncover for ourselves.

Be teachable.

Though Queen Victoria in England had suggested that makeup was impolite, even vanity, Gideon saw it as yet another weapon. It was not so different from magic.

Is it a crime to want to be good? she cried

This place looks like the last scene in Hamlet.

Every time I look into his eyes I just want to take the ice cream or whatever I've got in my hand and rub it into his face. That's how much I like him.

She knew that the horse, born to serve nobly, had waited in vain for someone noble to serve. His spirit knew that nobility had gone out of men.

Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain.

Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.

The question of receiving the immigrant is an ethical issue that becomes a political issue.

I'm never as happy as when I'm pregnant. I literally would have 10 babies if I could!