Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!
I found a little beetle, so that beetle was his name
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together. . . there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart. . . I'll always be with you.
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing
The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen
In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.
The refectory is a cenacle in which the taking of food is transfigured almost into a sacrament.
There's only one thing we can control, and that is how hard we play.
Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.
The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color - oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples.