“I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, Einstein, and Mr. Cary Grant.”

“The only way to learn to write is to write.”

“Identify, I've learned, can be sliced many ways and there is gain with every loss.”

“I cried with pride as I looked into the face of a midwife from the next generation of baby catchers.”

“Matt felt vindicated. See. If he'd rushed things and let his passion get the upper hand he might not have learned whether she like beef.”

“Effective discipline is based on loving guidance. It is based on the belief that children are born innately good and that our role as parents is to nurture their spirits as they learn about limits and boundaries, rather than to curb their tendencies toward wrongdoing. Effective discipline presumes that children have reasons for their behavior and that cooperation can be engaged to solve shared problems.”

“Our work is a vocation to which we have been called from the beginning of time. When we work we are partaking in and joining with God's ongoing creation of the world.”