Mary approaches her before she is able to reach her station. "Hello Lily. Get anything special for Christmas?""Just the usual." She answers. "Shattered dreams.

This isn't your world. It's your parents. Your world is still out there, waiting to be discovered. Always remember that.

One gains by losing and loses by gaining.

Don’t let your idea of God be limited to the imagination of others. Don’t let them define your God and don’t let them tell you how to express your faith.

Adversity is test of faith.

Ignorance, arrogance, and racism have bloomed as Superior Knowledge in all too many universities.

Peace comes not because your prayer has been answered exactly as you prayed it, but because you shifted your focus and the burden of responsibility on to Him.

You learn the most from life's hardest knocks.

It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person - beguiled, enchanted.

The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest.

My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.

It is wise to seek immortality for time defeats all other ambitions.