Without a spiritual wakefulness to divine purposes and connections in all things, we will not know things for what they truly are.

Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.

I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the effect it has on one's prayers.

Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses".

A beautiful face is temporary

Don't confuse activity with action.

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The way I came to miss the end of the world – well, the end of the world I had known for close on thirty years – was sheer accident: like a lot of survival, when you come to think of it.

Lesson from Pataki's success is: Use the political moment.

The business of the country is business.

One shouldn't be too inquisitive in life Either about God's secrets or one's wife.

I find that no matter how long a meeting goes on, the best ideas always come during the final five minutes, when people drop their guard and I ask them what they really think.

Number eight, the silver one, belongs to Artemis. She vowed to be a maiden forever. So of course, no kids. The cabin is, you know, honorary. If she didn't have one, she'd be mad.