If God had intended me to make excuses for who I am, He would have given me better excuses.
In the end you don't so much find yourself as you find someone who knows who you are.
What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us.
Sometimes you believe a thing that isn't true because in the world you wish to live in, it would be true.
I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism.
An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.