Protestant commentaries, I discovered, were also particularly interesting because Protestants have spent more time on Scripture than most of us.
Some people are as angry as they seem to be only because it's the safest place to hide from more pain.
Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do not.
The benefits of forgiveness are limitless.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.
Just because your heart is beating, doesn't mean you're alive.
A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.
My mom told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't get too anxious about it.