Life is too short to learn everything by personal experience.

Explanations don't comfort. You won't feel better if you know why. It won't hurt any less.

Pain is the fuel of passion - it energizes us with an intensity to change that we don't normally possess.

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.

What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it.

I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's role to provide everything.

The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.