The only way to remove pain from death is to remove love from life.

Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.

There are far too many people for us to think about each of them during our short stay on earth—like the thousands of books in a library we haven’t time to read in an afternoon. But this is no excuse to cease browsing. For every now and then, we find that one book that reaches us deep inside and introduces us to ourselves. And, in someone else’s story, we come to understand our own.

The concept of spiritual healing was something I was raised with.

The truest grace is not to forgive, but to have never found fault.

Joy isn't the natural response to blessings - joy is what comes from acknowledging them.

In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self.