You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.

What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.

The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.

You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.

That my complicated life could be made so simple was astounding.

Real love moves freely in both directions. Don't waste your time on anything else.

Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.

Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It's the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It's worthy of all the hullabaloo.

Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.

AWESOME things come to those who focus on the positive, recognize the blessings, find the humor and never give up!

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

My father was the funniest guy I ever met. I'm not sure if I stole his stuff or if I inherited it.

Justice is based on values. And those change every generation.

The growing wealth aquired by them corporations never fails to be a source of abuses.

Women have no sense of the abstract-a woman admiring the sky is a woman caressing the sky. In a woman's mind beauty is something she needs to touch.

The humble latrine, or flush toilet, reduces disease by twice as much as just putting in clean water.

Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides.

I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think.

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.