What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.

God gave the seed, but he wants the fruits back. Pick the seeds up. Plant the best ones. He promised the rain. It will be a bumper harvest!

"Let the dead bury the dead." There is not a single word of Christ to which the Christian religion has paid less attention.

I was a kid who sometimes got in trouble because I couldn't keep my mouth shut, which turned out to be an advantage when I became an opinion columnist.

Her clothes still smoked from the wizard’s assault. But to him, she always smelled of flowers.

The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.

I definitely like sneakers and shopping at sneakers stores.

I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.

The church has been under-fathered and over-mothered.

Why would I care whether or not he loved me when he didn't even really know me?

To be a Christian is a standing, a legal position. It means to be a child of God. You are or you are not, there is no try.