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.

I believe that God is totally moral, but nature, one of God's creatures, is not moral. Nature is blind.

The idea is to find some bit of holiness in everything-food, sex, earning and spending money, having children, conversations with friends. Everything can be seen as a miracle, as part of God's plan. When we can truly see this, we nourish our souls.

Good people will do good things, lots of them, because they are good people. They will do bad things because they are human.

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

But at the end, if we are brave enough to love, if we are strong enough to forgive, if we are generous enough to rejoice in another's happiness, and if we are wise enough to know that there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know, we can reenter paradise.

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people brings happiness.