Man might carve his mark on the earth but unless he's vigilant, Nature will take it all back.

... sometimes love becomes a power game between ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that children have for themselves.

... the love which Kahu received from Koro Apirana was the sort that dropped off the edge of the table, like breadcrumbs after everybody else has had a big meal.

Sometimes life has a habit of flooding over you and rushing you along in its overwhelming tide.

Even the good guys, ' she said, 'can't win all the time.

The gospel of Christ Jesus is the grace of salvation of souls.

Abundance comes from giving not from receiving.

Finally- no more ruddy show for the folks back home. No pretending it's all beer and skittles and no one ever gets hurt.- Phoenix and Ashes

No, if I wore a sleeveless shirt, people would try to feed me after the match. If you got the guns, go for it. I got two breadsticks sticking out of my sleeve. I'll stick with sleeves.

We renovate the heart by, of course, changing it, but we can't do that, really, without changing the other essential parts of the human personality.

I don't, consciously anyways, sort of listen to things with the idea of getting something from them that I can use.

I wanted so much to forget the past, but it wouldn't go away, it hung around like an open wound that refused to scar over, an open window that no amount of muscle could shut.

Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.

Until we resolve to stand up & walk, we won't find people to show us directions...I am confident that 125 crore Indians are capable to walk and will keep walking always.

Nothing else you do will ever matter as much as helping people establish an eternal relationship with God.