It has shown us all how our faith -- whatever our religion -- can inspire us to work together in friendship and peace for the sake of our own and future generations. This last year has reminded us that this world is not always an easy or a safe place to live in, but it is the only place we have.

After going behind we started to pass the ball around and that led to us getting back into the game and pushing home our advantage.

I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We have them because there is a supreme intelligence in the universe, which wishes for communion with us. This supreme intelligence longs to be known. It calls out to us. It draws us close to its mystery, and grants us these remarkable minds, in order that we try to reach for it. It wants us to find it. It wants union with us, more than anything.

Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.

Your work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.