Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary.
I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls, The burial-ground God's-Acre.
Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.
Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
We've had parallel lives. And frankly, I prefer mine to his. I would not like to be George Bush.
Within 10 years computers won't even keep us as pets.
In Eden, worship was not an event to attend, but a perpetual attitude.
I you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror. Look a little closer, stare a little longer. Because there is something inside you that made you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit. You built a cast around your broken heart and signed it yourself, you signed it THEY WERE WRONG.