I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And if we have the effrontery to talk to anybody with less than courtesy, we tell ourselves and the world we are not very intelligent.

Having courage does not mean we are unafraid.

When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep

Faith is the evidence of the unseen.

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?