“A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness.”

“Live your life in such a way that you’ll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.”

“Suppose someone tried to write your biography. What nonsense! How much would he know? Would he know what you thought when you looked in the subway slot-machine? How brutally you spoke when you were angry? How Nature rode you with a busy spur? How you fell on your knees late at night?”

“Feeling free is a choice that is ours for the making, ours for the taking at any time, at any age. ”

“Freedom is found within, in the shape of our laughter and the way we love, in the truths that we live by and the stories we become”

“When you are trapped in a cage with broken wings, freedom can seem like a faraway deeply buried treasure. But it is always within reach.”