There's nothing more physically exhausting than a sense of failure.

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.

We enter the world alone we leave it alone.

Practice in life whatever you pray for and God will give it to you more abundantly.

Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none, although they give occasion.

I haven't yelled at anybody today. It's been a slow day.

Every change is a challenge to become who we really are.

Will be a divine fight, a holy war...Armageddon on a miniature scale.

Bravery ceases to be bravery at a certain point, and becomes mere foolhardiness.

Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.

Keep an open mind---but not so open your brain falls out.

The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.