If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

When had my fear of broken plates gotten so grandiose? My desire for extravagant moments so small?

You can't stop your heart from loving, really -- it's like standing out there in the ocean yelling at the waves to stop.

I don't hold to the idea that God causes suffering and crisis. I just know that those things come along and God uses them. We think life should be a nice, clean ascending line. But inevitably something wanders onto the scene and creates havoc with the nice way we've arranged life to fall in place.

Honeybees depend not only on physical contact with the colony, but also require it's social companionship and support. Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die.

My ultimate authority is the divine voice in my own soul. Period.

Sometimes, in order to say yes to what matters most, I must say no to good things.