Nobody gets killed when they're happy. It always starts with an argument, or a debt.
Anything that doesn't lead us to that - to better know and serve God - is a waste of time.
As soon as I came to believe there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than live only for him.
To love anyone is to hope in him for always. From the moment at which we begin to judge anyone, to limit our confidence in him, from the moment at which we identify him with what we know of him and so reduce him to that, we cease to love him and he ceases to be able to be better.
It is not necessary to teach others, to cure them or to improve them; it is only necessary to live among them, sharing the human condition and being present to them in love.
The absence of risk is a sure sign of mediocrity.
Above all, always see Jesus in every person, and consequently treat each one not only as an equal and as a brother or sister, but also with great humility, respect and selfless generosity.
And take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil.
Sometimes you have to play like it's a little bit warmer, which is hard when you can't feel your face. You just try and do the best you can and make sure that you become really good friends with wardrobe, so that they give you all sorts of hand warmers and body warmers.
And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand.
No' is golden. 'No' is the kind of power the good witch wields. It's the way whole, healthy, emotionally evolved people manage to have relationships with jackasses while limiting the amount of jackass in their lives.