“Bravery is an amazing and aggressive teacher. Its gives me the energy to dive into life, recover from disappointment, and mentally escape whatever locked door holds me in.”

“Suffering reminds us of our brokenness, our humanity. It disarms us of our self-absorption and magnifies our need for one another.”

“Suffering has a noble purpose.”

“When the statistics have a face, poverty becomes personal.”

“While many of us give to the hungry orphan, we have forgotten to love her.”

“My life is too valuable to remain shielded and protected behind the coziness and comfort of security.”

“If you are not willing to stand up for anything or anybody, then why should the Creator take a single step to help you?”

“If I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be stupid, disillusioned, and of poor judgment, I will. And I would be damned if I cared what other people think. For I w...”

“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.”

“Repose, leisure, peace, belong among the elements of happiness. If we have not escaped from harried rush, from mad pursuit, from unrest, from the necessity of care, we are not happy. And what of co...”

“The deep love that is born of friendship can too easily become stagnant when life becomes busy.”

“I understand our mornings can be busy; however, if we cannot make time for God now, then when?”

“Nothing forces us to knowWhat we do not want to knowExcept pain”

“Doesn't it seem that it is always by chance that these things happen, or is it because of the generosity of a shared knowledge of suffering that allows for it?”

“Wisdom is not making life any harder than it has to be.”