But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

It doesn't matter where you came from. All that matters is where you're going.

My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.

It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along its shores.

Every ending is a new beginning. Through the grace of God, we can always start again.

Those who can't forget are worse off than those who can't remember.

Is detachment the answer to freedom? No, because detachment is negative - it is to be without. The answer must be positive - I must replace what I have with something better.

There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised by the Gospel, by the encounter with Christ. There is nothing more beautiful than to know Him and to speak to others of our friendship with Him.

Changing a college curriculum is like moving a graveyard-you never know how many friends the dead have until you try to move them!