...like the 75 billion souls who lived before him, each and every one a treasure, he, too, will die.

There's no such thing as a lost cause.

There's a reason for everything, you said, and though it's a mystery to me now, I know it won't always be so.

On the horizon, he saw the full moon. God dropped it there, he was sure, as a reminder of our small place in the world. A reminder that what is beautiful is fleeting.

And I was even beginning to think home might be with you.

In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life.

We chase wild dreams and long for all that eludes us, when the greatest joys are within our grasp, if we can only recognize them.

...the enduring human need to be remembered.

There's death and life, you see. We all shine on. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you. ...Somebody loves you.

She made the beast rear its ugly head. Stirred fantasies in my mind I would have never otherwise entertained. Owning her wasn’t enough. Controlling her didn’t douse the inferno blazing inside me.

I will do all things to please the Lord, for he is my inner strength. He gives and I recieve, though I should give my all like he did for me

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise ... his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.

As an anonymous participant in financial markets, I never had to weigh the social consequences of my actions ... I felt justified in ignoring them on the grounds that I was playing by the rules.

Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ.

If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.

If you know the dark, you find it has a light of its own to let you see.

They can boo me, yell at me, and throw peanuts at me, as long as they pay to get in.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.