The author describes a previous Bible study with a lot of turnover as "not so much together as in each other's midst.

Their lot in life, their station, became a part of their personalities and helped to for my worldview.

The (Bible) story is much more powerful as Truth than as metaphor.

We put up a kind of spiritual firewall and make a conscious effort to shut out the headlines, because our (Bible) discussions are meant to be timeless.

So much of what we read and write these days is disposable.

Faith enables you to hold on loosely without letting go.

He (the Bible study leader) is blessed with a light touch and a firm hand.

In addition to an open heart and open mind, I also brought (to the small group Bible study) an open mouth.

If the farmer is rich, then so is the nation.

No matter how small you start, always dream big.

I'd rather have names to hurt me, than my bones broken with sticks and stones.

The flower that you hold in your hands was born today and already it is as old as you are.

So long as your desire to explore is greater than your desire to not screw up, you're on the right track.

If you must use more than ten slides to explain your business, you probably don't have a business.

Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender.

In a family argument, if it turns out you are right, apologize at once.

A moment is a mighty thing Beyond the soul's imagination; For in it, though we trace it not, How much there crowds of varied lot How much of life, life cannot see, Darts onward to eternity!

In dream consciousness we make things happen by wishing them, because we are not only the observer of what we experience but also the creator.