When a lost loved one appears before you, it's your brain that fights it, not your heart.

sometimes what you miss the most is the way a loved one made you feel about yourself.

The news of life is carried via telephone. A baby's birth, a couple engaged, a tragic car accident on a late night highway - most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of a ringing.

The manager once called me the 'best freak' in his stable, and, sad as it sounds, I took pride in that. When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.

The most important elements of faith [are] believing in something bigger than yourself, taking care of those less fortunate than you.

Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

When he went blundering back to God, His songs half written, his work half done, Who knows what paths his bruised feet trod, What hills of peace or pain he won? I hope God smiled and took his hand, And said, "Poor truant, passionate fool! Life’s book is hard to understand: Why couldst thou not remain at school?" A poem by Charles Hanson Towne