9And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

The word 'hope' I take for faith; and indeed, hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.

True and false fears let us refrain, Let us love nobly, and live, and add again Years and years unto years, till we attain To write threescore: this is the second of our reign.

God created you to trust him and love others. When you are not trusting or not loving, you are disconnected from your purpose, and hopelessness will thrive.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.

He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses much more; He who loses faith, loses all.

If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.

In this world, no one is all knowing, and therefore, all of us need both love and charity.

Mona Simpson, rose to honor him at his memorial service, that's not what she focused on. Yes, she talked about his work and his work ethic. But mostly she raised these as manifestations of his passions. "Steve worked at what he loved," she said. What really moved him was love. "Love was his supreme virtue," she said, "his god of gods. "When [his son] Reed was born, he began gushing and