The most common one-liner in the Bible is, "Do not be afraid." Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times.

Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.

Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity; Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God

You cannot be naïve about evil. You cannot be naïve to the reality that there are human beings and human situations which have totally identified with the dark side of reality. They are malicious. Realism teaches you to put up appropriate boundaries so that people can't do any more evil than possible. But that doesn't mean you do evil back to them.

Contemplation is an alternative consciousness that refuses to identify with or feed what are only passing shows. It is the absolute opposite of addiction, consumerism or any egoic consciousness.

Mature prayer always breaks into gratitude.

We find it hard to love imperfect things so we imagine God is just as small as we are. If we expect or need things to be perfect or to our liking ( including ourselves) we have created a certain path for a very unhappy life.