Giving up is the ultimate tragedy.

Jesus did not define the kingdom as being in the hearts of the Pharisees or anyone else. The kingdom is an objective reality when the King is present.

To embrace suffering culminates in greater empathy, the capacity to feel what it is like for the other to suffer, which is the ground for unsentimental compassion and love. (157)

Gehirn had to protect her love - and she only knew one way to do so. She lit the sky afire.

Never be timid about your own pleasure. Don't be ashamed to come.

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

Nail me to my car and I'll tell you who you are

Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!

Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing

A lot of the people that are poor take advantage of loopholes and pay no taxes.

I believe that a writer has to tell what they think is the truth in a human experience. The truth of the human experience cannot escape the political.