And it can be a way of healing.

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.

One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.

Easter is never deserved.

Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!

Love is an endless act of forgiveness.

There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.

So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?

Loving can be hard. Sometimes we don't feel loving, but it isn't all about feeling. Very often it is about will. Practice that if you can.

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not offended is to give a premium on crime.

The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not 'this moment.' Is this not a fact?

Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend.

Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.

The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't.

I know what's within me even if you can't see it yet...I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.

Success is made up of courage, brains, and luck. Since the first two are a function of the third, it's pretty much all luck.

You should enjoy the present moment because this is all you have. Create for tomorrow, but live in and for today.

It's remarkable how we go on year after year, doing the same old things. We get tired and bored, and ask when they'll come for us