Children need parents who will let them grow up to be themselves, but parents often have personal agendas they try to impose on their children.

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

One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick.

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

There seems to be something in the human soul that causes us to think less of ourselves every time we do something wrong... And maybe it is good for us to feel that way. It may make us more sensitive to what we do wrong and move us to repent and grow.

Given the unfairness that strikes so many people in life, I would rather believe in a God of limited power and unlimited love and justice, rather than the other way around.

The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.