To grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable.

Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.

I believe that consistently we need to look for good, and not for evil, that when we look for evil we call up evil, while heaven comes closer when we acknowledge it.

In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work, to bear his glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept our evident lack of qualification, then there's no danger that we will confuse God's work with our own, or God's glory with our own.

But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them. —Ditta

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

You cannot take credit for your talents. It is what you do with them that counts.