we need to let our errors awaken, transform, and change us by taking them to heart, owning them.

Enlightenment, the old teachers say, adds nothing, except maybe the recognition of a need for and a commitment to the work that still needs to be done.

People who don't have stories in their cultures go nuts.

We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things evil, ' but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous.

When I was a kid and my mom made tomato soup, she would cut buttered toast into squares and float them on top of each bowl.

That was the way illness appeared in a house, in the corners, in between floorboards, on the hooks in the closet, along with the sweaters and coats.

I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.

From his tongue flowed speech sweeter than honey.

Women are more emotional, and it's natural to talk about it.

What you can do, or think you can, begin it.

You don't know what you're doing. You're just hoping that people won't make fun of you. I had no idea how it would turn out.

I want the Church to go out onto the streets, I want us to resist everything worldly, everything static, everything comfortable...eve rything that might make us closed in on ourselves.

Socialism has been a great tragedy this century.