God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake us up to the presence of others in this world, and that mechanism is called suffering.

I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.

The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.

There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family.

I am as I am. The world is as it is. Whether I am content with that has very little to do with it.

Today begins my walk with you. Where you go, I go. Where you stay, I stay. When you sleep, I will sleep. When you rise, I will rise. I will pass my days within the sound of your voice, and my nights within the reach of your hand. And none shall come between us. - Manth Vow

He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.