Integrity means being whole, unbroken, undivided. It describes a person who has united the different parts of his or her personality, so there is no longer a split in the soul ... For the person of integrity, life may not be easy but it is simple: Figure out what is right and do it. All other considerations come in second.

We teach children how to measure and how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe.

We have confused God with Santa Claus. And we believe that prayer means making a list of everything you don't have but want and trying to persuade God you deserve it. Now I'm sorry, that's not God, that's Santa Claus.

That is why we have to make room in our lives for people who may sometimes disappoint or exasperate us. If we hold our friends to a standard of perfection, or if they do that to us, we will end up far lonelier than we want to be.

We don't have to be afraid of dying because it's not really death that scares us. We are afraid of not having lived.

One man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can.

. . .We are here to finish God's labors. . .so that we could be His partners in completing the work of creation.