There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

A moment of torture feels like an eternity, while an eternity of joy passes in a moment. Perhaps time is naught but an illusion.

There is no debating that the effects of trauma experienced in childhood may have grave consequences.

You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)

I'm shedding off the old me and I'm reborn as the new me - it's great!

Because I don't take money, I'll go anywhere and do a benefit concert with almost any orchestra.

Bush is good at stating the obviously untrue.

The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been , that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.

My time has not yet come either; some are born posthumously.

Be your self! All you are now doing, thinking, desiring, is not you yourself.

In meditation, healing can happen. When the mind is calm, alert and totally contented, then it is like a laser beam - it is very powerful and healing can happen.