The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.

I believe that God will help us to forget things, the memory of which would do us harm, or rather that He will enable us to remember only so much of them as will be for our good, and we, ourselves, not emotionally overwhelmed. The pain endured. The lesson learned. Let it now be forgotten! Face the future with courage, cheerfulness, and hope. Give God the chance and He will make you forget all that it would be harmful to remember.

The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions.

Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.

American culture has always known success, not suffering, so we've never known what to do with this part of the Bible. The more we succeed, the more we're seduced into thinking we can control everything. We dissect Revelation to get a sense of control over the future.

On the one hand, it's common sense it's hard to see someone you love get sick or die. People are interconnected and their health is, too.

Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.