God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

If God created us in His image we have certainly returned the compliment.

And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and said to himself over and over again that he was the most miserable of men, I give you permission to throw me head-first into the sea.

As we kill nature, we are killing ourselves, and God incarnate as the world as well.

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.

In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.