What laid me low was no mystical vision, no message from God, but a blow of compassion. In a wakeful mind, no force is more terrible, or precious.

Even the disciples, who at times could be dense as bricks, realized that the true neighbor was the one who showed mercy to a stranger.

Though a lifetime of listening to the music of the world has passed, even now the tone of the rain on the roof of my home is the sweetest sound I have ever heard.

Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.

If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related about the contempt and disgrace falling upon the ungenerous and mean person.

I grew up as the ugly duckling, they called me 'la prieta fea', which means ugly dark one - that was my nickname.

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.

It is all we have left to us. And while it is more than I ever dared dream, it is nowhere near enough.

Sometimes the best way to forgive is to let the other person forget.

[Marlon] Brando was the only guy who could step out of that shadow at the end of that movie and be worth the wait.

Can we take a direct flight back to reality or do we have to change planes in Denver?

You're afraid of heights,'I say. 'How do you survive in the Dauntless compound?' 'I ignore my fear,' he (Four) says. 'When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.