...the ultimate dwindling resource in the human arrangement isn’t cheap oil or potable water or even common sense, but mercy.

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.

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

Don't be so busy making a living that you forget how to live. Work hard to be successful, but enjoy the journey.

Most goals are scored between the posts.

Don’t simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more.

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

Lust and learning. That's really all there is, isn't it?

A big, studly football jock like me? I got plenty of blood to spare. For you, I have anything to spare.

Love is when the soul starts to sing and the flowers of your life bloom on their own.

The streets of London have their map, but our passions are uncharted. What are you going to meet if you turn this corner?