When she told me her age I believed her - why not? she hasn't changed her story for five years.

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.

There will be a time, when you ask for nothing but life.

For the curious reader

Sometimes arriving too quickly is detrimental. It is dangerous to arrive without our character mature or intact.

Because even if you buried yourself in guilt, you can't go back and change what happened.

I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.

That fact that Jesus Christ died is more important than that fact that I will die.

Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.

There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.

If I screw up raising my kids, nothing I achieve will matter much.

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.