People of God are always people who care about other people and it always comes at some cost.

Tree trunks are composed of layers of growth. Meaningful expressions are composed of layers of words. Say something meaningful.

Groom yourself and your life like a shrub. Trim off the edges and you'll be stronger in the broken places. Embrace the new growth and blossom at the tips.

Understanding” is a word that I cherish. Understanding is what helps us to love before we judge. Understanding helps us to know more of ourselves and do the same to others.

When we seek to understand what makes each of us different before we seek to be understood, we learn. Understanding fosters mutual respect for one another.

Divisions in mankind are unnatural. They are man made.

When you see something wrong and fail to do anything about it, even in the smallest effort, you accept the wrong.

(Georgie) Two hundred years later and it's exactly the same thing. You want to spend every single moment with your children and still have a fulfilling life at work.

Whoa, " said Nico as he climbed off the bus. "Is that a climbing wall?""Yeah, " I (Percy) said."Why is there lava pouring down it?""Little extra challenge..." - Percy

He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of charity to admire a pelican.

I learned a lot when I was 14 and 15 years old doing chores inside and outside the household, and as a result, I grew up with a good work ethic.

Donald Trump said that if President Obama releases his birth certificate, Trump will release his tax return. Obama said he won't run for a second term if Trump releases that thing on his head.

Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.

Prolonged travel in the alternate world of books can also make a reader more prone to fantasy thinking and estranged from his or her “real” life.

I am passionate. I am political about my country, about what it is, how strong it is, how strong it remains.

Our flaws are obvious, yet we are loved and able to love, if we choose, because there is that bit of the divine still smoldering in us.

We are not supposed to hate anyone, yet almost everyone hates somebody at some time or other, whether he admits it to himself or not.