What the Father gives is the capacity to be a self, freedom, and thus autonomy, but an autonomy which can be understood only as a surrender of self to the other.

It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.

To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.

God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.

Her (Mary's) Son first had to be the Child of the Father in order then to become man and be capable of taking up on his shoulders the burden of a guilty world.

Mary thus learns that the Most High has ever borne a Son in his bosom, and that this Son has now chosen her bosom as dwelling-place.

People come as they are, and alter you as themselves.

Face everyday with positive thoughts & God will do the rest for you. :)

Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?I don't know. I don't know.please.-Tris, DivergentCan I be forgiven for all I've done to get here?I want to be.I can.I believe it.-Tris, Allegiant

A true masterpiece does not tell everything.

I love the finality of film. When you make a movie, you know the beginning, middle, and end.

It's a library, only the stupid or the evil are afraid of those

Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.

If I had five minutes to live, I don't think I'd be bothered singing a song. I'd be dead, so it won't really matter. I'd have a glass of wine and a cigarette.

The most distinctive and largest contribution of Hinduism to India's culture is the doctrine of ahimsa.

He who does not know how to deceive does not know how to rule.