We must never, in any age or circumstance, let fear and the father of fear (Satan himself) divert us from our faith and faithful living.

Imperfect people are all god has ever had to work with. That must be terribly frustrating to him, but he deals with it. So should we.

The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.

Hope on. Journey on. Honestly acknowledge your questions and your concerns, but first and forever fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe.

Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend.

God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go.

God expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities.

Pure Christlike love flowing from true righteousness can change the world.

And if those children are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.

The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. Please know that it is worth it then, now, and forever.

Don't give up when the pressure mounts. Face your doubts. Master you fears.

Need from destiny change with time.

But ghosts aren't white and bright. Ghosts are shadows of someone or something gone wrong.

Changing your mind and your attitude can move you into what seems like another dimension.

The covenants are thus fulfilled through the teamwork of the whole Trinity

His teachings, said his disciple Musaeus, had one simple theme: 'Everything comes into being from the One and is resolved into the One again.

There is a sense in which I am pretty sure this makes no sense. I don't know where this is going. I don't know how it ends.

Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch.

I had a ludicrous childhood, but I feel that I was able to profit from a lot of the idiotic and unfortunate things that happened to me by turning them into fiction.

Oh my god... Kerry is boring even when Bush is reading him.

I'd love to play Carmen - it's the perfect mezzo role.