I'm not looking for things to be even between us, Brooke, " Ryan said after a moment. "I'm looking for them to be right.

A fourth-grade reader may be a sixth-grade mathematician. The grade is an administrative device which does violence to the nature of the developmental process.

No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work. And this tendency doesn't die out, it's wiped out.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

Some of us learn control, more or less by accident. The rest of us go all our lives not even understanding how it is possible, and blaming our failure on being born the wrong way.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

At this very moment enormous numbers of intelligent men and women of goodwill are trying to build a better world. But problems are born faster than they can be solved.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

As a lifelong Oregonian, I prefer our forests green, not black.

Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.

Forgiveness is not an event. It is a series of decisions made over and over again.

If we are meant to be gifts to one another, living in the past negates the present we need to be.

I had no ability, but I was determined to show heart.

When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!

When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."

It's taken me 30 years to get this way, and I don't intend to let go. I work hard, but I play hard, too, and that's the one part of me that nobody sees. But I intend to be around for a long time yet.

But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.

But there are times when patience proves at fault.

Chances are where you find them