“To be brave one short instant is no easy matter it is easier to die for a cause than to live for it.”

“Boredom is the fear of self.”

“Gratitude weighs heavy on us only when we no longer feel it.”

“Parents are friends that life gives us friends are parents that the heart chooses.”

“It is unfair to hold people responsible for our illusions of them.”

“Of all feats of skill the most difficult is that of being honest.”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

“One love, one heart . . .Lets get together and feel all right”

“And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separa...”

“It strikes me as unChristian that we often have more charitable attitudes toward ideological allies than we do toward brothers and sisters in Christ with whom we disagree on matters of politics.”