When we can play with the unself-conscious concentration of a child, this is: art: prayer: love.

The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

I've got a sweater." Ben pulled off his coat and held it out for her. "Here." "Thanks, Ben. It's lovely and warm." Then she said, "Ben, I-- I can tell you how I feel about-- about everything. I think you're the best friend I've ever had. I-- I'd lie down and die for you if you wanted me to." "Honey," Ben said. "When I get you to lie down for me it won't be to die.

It is not always on the great or the important that the balance of the universe depends.

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book for children.

Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason we can matter to ourselves.