being honest to the people around you is the best thing you ever do to them, but expecting the same from them is the worst thing you ever do to yourself

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.

Motto for latin countries: If you're not late, you're not on time

We went to Austria to train and it was so peaceful. And I love coffee and the coffee was great.

Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for yourself. Connection is the result of authenticity.

Not even Carol knows firsthand how it feels to be hurt in such a way by someone who's supposed to protect you

If not me- who?, If not now- when?

Adoption is a redemptive response to tragedy that happens in this broken world.

You've never gone too far that God can't redeem you, restore you, forgive you, and give you a second chance.

Name the different kinds of people,’ said Miss Lupescu. ‘Now.’ Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’ He stopped. Then, ‘... Cats?’ he offered, uncertainly.

True feelings never fade, we just learn to fill the spot.

Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it's not science, it's an exploration, but you never find much in the way of answers.