If I serve you in hopes of Paradise, deny me Paradise.If I serve thee in fear of hell, condemn me to hell.But if I love thee for love of thyself,then grant me thyself.

What if I have it all upside down? What if I'm the one who knows nothing of God, and the people in the world are actually interceding on my behalf with their ordinary daily struggles

Am I really a person who lives by faith? God can surely tell the difference between someone who walks in darkness and someone who walks with her eyes shut. Which am I?

When one heart moves the whole web trembles.

Every moment a beginning. Every moment an end.

My writing is how I maintain.

She knew that it was better to have a dream and pay a price for it than to be lukewarm. - regarding St. Teresa of Avila

I close my eyes and think about the only thing that makes life worth the trials: Emma Kingsley, her sweet smile, and the laugh that make me believe in a future.

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

It is the love that we give and the service we render that really is the great payoff.

I've finally gotten to the bottom of things.

When the path ahead of you is uphill, surrounded by rough spots, hazards and obstacles: use a pitching wedge.

Breakthroughs, in art, in culture, in personality, come when tackling the unexpected.

Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach.

Use the worst colour you can find in each place - it usually is the best.

If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.