“I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.”

It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.

Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.

Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.

For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”

To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.

Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.

Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!

Hope is a passion for the possible.

Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory.

Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection

The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.

The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.

I am convinced that God is love.

If you are going to chase away your demons, you have to go to where they are.

My roots tell secrets my mind will never know but my soul remembers and that is more than enough.

Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.

If a lion could speak, we could not understand him.

You make my life meaningful, she smiled at the woman looking at her in the mirror.

Many mirrors would shatter if they were able to reflect the images of our hearts.

We don’t get to choose how we break but we get to choose how we rebuild.

Though I crave roots grown deep, the truth is I’m something of a wanderer.