There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation.

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.

But a man's beauty represents inner, functional truths: his face shows what he can do.

Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.

Turn it off," Ryodan says without even looking at me. "You're distressing Dani. No one distresses Dani but me.

There was something special about being in a strange place, all alone in a mass of people even if you had just screwed up your life, or perhaps especially if you had just screwed up your life.

The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of sociable harmony.

We can't tell our life from our wish

From a long view of the history of mankind the most significant event of the nineteenth century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of electrodynamics.

To look in the mirror and like what you see, even when it doesn't look like your idea of beauty.

If we want to live healthy relationships, according to biblical standards, it is done in the fullness of the Spirit.

I used to be a thing; I'm a person now.