It is the first purpose of hope to make hopelessness bearable.

We are each of us born into the arms of mortality, the Lord recognizing our need to be held.

History is man's best guess as to what the past would look like if everything had happened in chronological order.

There is an ongoing battle between conscience and self-interest in which, at some point, we have to take sides.

Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden.

Be the master of your fate, be the captain of your soul, but do not hesitate, should the chance befall you, to be the slave of your heart.

Sometimes we don't find the thing that will make us happy because we can't give up the thing that was supposed to.