When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.

In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.

Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.

Every life has one true love snapshot.

That's what heaven is. You get to make sense of your yesterdays

Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners.

Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.

Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.

War could bond men like a magnet, but like a magnet it could repel them, too. The things they saw, the things they did. Sometimes they just wanted to forget.

There are no random acts...We are all connected...You can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind...

People often belittle the place where they were born but heaven can be found in the most unlikely places.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to compute it.

You are what resides before, beyond and between what you think so do not be consumed by thought. It is only a fragment of your magic.

There's no use in asking what if. No one could ever give you the answers.

I essentially write for myself.

The main thing is that the 'C' is silent, so it kind of starts with a 'Z.' Z-O-O-K-RIE. It's Ukrainian, on my dad's side.

The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.

Penetrative insight joined with calm abiding utterly eradicates afflicted states.

Once you see a child's selfimage begin to improve, you will see significant gains in achievement areas, but even more important, you will see a child who is beginning to enjoy life more.

If my mind's not trying to fix something or create something, I don't know what to do. It just throws me off.

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.