“words don't have power to HURT us, Unless,they are said by the person who mean a lot to us.......!!!!!”

“Our great American philosopher William James has said - "We have as many personalities as there are people who know us." To which I would add "We have no personalities unless there are people who know us. Unless there are people we hope to convince that we deserve to exist.”

“Whereas the public means of grace (such as church services) will do a lot of good to other Christians, those of us who are pastors have to rely a lot more on the private means of grace.”

“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”

“I mean they don't seem able to love us just the way we are. They don't seem able to love us unless they can keep changing us a little bit. They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more.”

“There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.”