God is love, generosity and forgiveness; if we believe in this, we will never allow our weaknesses to paralyse us.

Right, from now on, whenever you want to find out about something, plunge straight in.

When life makes us face difficult situations-such as a personal loss-we have to understand that eternity is taking one more step.

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Then all that is needed is a little daring, and his two lives become one.

When we're interested in something, everything around us appears to refer to it (the mystics call these phenomena "signs," the sceptics "coincidence," and psychologists "concentrated focus," although I've yet to find out what term historians should use).

Surrendering completely to love, be it human or divine, means giving up everything, including our own well-being or our ability to make decisions. It means loving in the deepest sense of the word. The truth is that we don't want to be saved in the way God has chosen; we want to keep absolute control over our every step, to be fully conscious of our decisions, to be capable of choosing the object of our devotion.