Your most precious memories will focus on those you loved, those who loved you, and what you did together in the service of the Lord.

2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to develop any friendship...whether with a loved one or with God Himself.

Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life.

Until we know who we are and why we are here, no amount of success, fame, money, or pleasure will provide much satisfaction.

Diversity, rather than cohesiveness, is the new passion, and it pits us against each other for “rights.

29. Most loneliness results from insulation rather than isolation. In other words, we are lonely because we insulate ourselves, not because others isolate us.

38. “A wet bird never flies at night.” (My grandfather said that to me when I was a child and warned me not to forget it. I remember his words but never did figure out what he meant!)

10. Comparison is the root of all feelings of inferiority. The moment you begin examining other people’s strengths against your most obvious weaknesses, your self-esteem starts to crumble!

28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems.

Highs must be followed by lows.

It is impossible to credit one gender with every good and perfect gift without slighting the other. That’s what extreme diversity does to us.

Genius is 10% talent and 90% hard work

Take control. You are a strong, independent woman.

I don't want to merely exist, Parker. I want to live. I want to leave the world with that one sweet moment.

People have been bred to hate for generations -- eons, maybe. Some fundamental urge. Something implicit in the human condition.

A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life of reading and writing and corresponding. We think this life is nearly ideal.

Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn it very quickly, you can fool somebody into thinking you're a great magician.

There are certain things that make me relax, like writing my journal. That's the only time that I'm relaxing. It's the only time I really get to examine myself.

Jas, whatever Tom has under his trousers is between you and him.

Federal nutrition programs are the first line of defense for food insecure Americans, but do not meet all of the needs of everyone who needs help.