An engaging examination of a painful subject, with a focus on healing and forgiveness. – Kirkus Review

The time has come, the Walrus said. Perhaps things will become worse and then better. Perhaps there’s a small godup in heaven readying herself for us. Another world is not only possible, she’s on her...

When life is an existential suffering, death is our ultimate blessings.

Beauty is sometimes born of pain

Daisies are perennials; they always grow back.

To change your life, have a new thought and act on it, don’t dwell in the past.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

The fifth gift is Hope. Through each passage and season, may you trust the goodness of life.

Some people try to change the world one life at a time. Others try to change the world one death at a time. And I try to change the world one bucket full of dirt...

We need to shed our unearthly and nonsocial and idealistic and romantic and uber-spiritual visions of kingdom and get back to what Jesus meant. By kingdom, Jesus means: God’s Dream Society on earth, spreading out...

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and...

Death is inevitable but living is very optional.

It’s hard to wait around for something that you know might never happen ,but it’s even harder to give up, when you know it’s everything you want.

He that lives upon hope will die farting.

Promise people with the hope of not letting any fracture misalign you from fulfilling those promises. That gives you a recommendable brand.

You lost your innocence when you grew up, all right, everyone knew that, but did you have to lose your hope, as well?

Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.

When it hurt to look back, look forward.

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing

The reason most people give up so fast is that they look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come.

Life is a miracle and every moment is miraculous.

Destiny isn’t something you make as you’re told. By overcoming difficulties, life and this whole world can advance forward. That’s what destiny is for. A world that has lost the power to advance forward, will...

No.”Perhaps, Adelia thought drearily, it was only a very old woman who could look hopefully on a single brick laid in a wasteland.

Praise be to God that hope is much more than how we feel on a given day. It exists outside of us; it is an entity in itself.

The positive emotions that arise in…unpromising circumstances demonstrate that social ties and meaningful work are deeply desired, readily improvised, and intensely rewarding. The very structure of our economy and society prevent these goals from being...

Quiet moments bring you closer to God. It’s your silent time within your own private sanctuary. People have so many things to talk about, worry about, think about, without giving themselves peace within. Quiet moments...

First, do what you fear the most.

Sometimes it’s easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.

Some people are crazy in love. They are so captivated to where they’ve lost themselves. Do not be lured in so deep that you lose the essence of who you truly are.

Bloom like a flower; unfold your own beauty.

When the great ship containing the hopes and aspirations of the world, when the great ship freighted with mankind goes down in the night of death, chaos and disaster, I am willing to go down...

In a feast of fame and talks,Scandal flashing, raising tongue and brows.In a blast of bombing and power play,Fear and death dig more revenge.In a forgotten continent,Famine and drought devour lives.In an unfortunate eye of...

Simplicity gives you the power of freedom.Kindness gives you the power of boldness.Humility gives you the power of acceptance.

Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives. It is within...

Have a loving heart and a beautiful mind.

somebody” that will remove the obstacles they encountered out of the pathway for others.

Right now, we’re living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!

Service to the humanity is the source of joy and happiness. It is the rent you pay for living on this beautiful planet.

As I age in the world it will rise and spread,and be for this place horizonand orison, the voice of its winds.I have made myself a dream to dreamof its rising, that has gentled my...

The iron bolt which so mysteriously fastens the door of hope and holds our spirits in gloomy prison, needs a heavenly hand to push it back.

A little caring, a little love, and a little kindness can give you joy and bring enduring happiness.

Scientifically, I know beginnings don’t exist. The world is made of energy, which is neither created or destroyed. Everything she is was here before me. Everything she was will remain. Her existence touches both my...

When you accept the fact that your true identity includes being an overcomer, you will never settle for less than a miracle.

I like curiosity. It’s a mind game, not a necessity.

The handholds for hope are there for all of us but are made plainest to those in poverty, for whom survival actually depends on hope in their God.

It is spring again, my heart is dancing with flowers with love and joy.

Your emotional state has a tremendous amount to do with sickness, health and well-being. For years, my husband and I lived on — and because of — hope. Hope continues to give me the mental...

Darker and darker, he said; farther and farther yet. Death takes the good, the beautiful, and the young – and spares me. The Pestilence that wastes, the Arrow that strikes, the Sea that drowns, the...

No one can steal your love, joy, and happiness without your permission.