it is a little considered fact that simply in the process of becoming a mother, one does not automatically become a saint.

If Christ lives in us, controlling our personalities, we will leave glorious marks on the lives we touch. Not because of our lovely characters, but because of his.

God is willing to walk the earth again incarnate in us.

We learn to believe by believing. We learn to love by loving. The practice of acting on a certain thing, even (or especially) when feeling is absent, embodies the entire "how" of growth.

There is no one anywhere as available to everyone everywhere as is God.

Laughter at oneself is always proof that god has healed us in the touchy places!

Joy is God in the marrow of our bones.

The great doing of little things, makes the great life.

Men have always been permitted to be people. We have just recently made it.

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go." "The War Poems

...to be able to enjoy the life you have spent, is to live it twice.

Small, seemingly insignificant steps completed consistently over time will create a radical difference

Had a lot of moments that didn't last forever, now you're in the corner tryin' to put it together - how to love.

Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else - by color.

Do not copy nature. Art is an abstraction. Rather, bring your art forth by dreaming in front of her and think more of creation.

So could we please not mob the three-thousand-plus-year-old reaper like tweens at a boy-band concert?

If there were a truly existent I, It would make sense to be afraid of certain things; But, since there is no truly existent I, Who is there to be afraid?

The Smiths are never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever going to reunite - ever.

With age comes wisdom and confidence, and I don't feel like I'm seeking approval as much as I used to from other people.