our crosses are our rights. ... Because life is not about me, because this world is not my home, because I'm tired of defending myself, and because the God of the universe is my Defender.

We are what we are, and life is what it is, but God is bigger than any cross we bear

While the world changes, the cross stands firm.

You do this stuff in your own life and you figure out what kind of difference it makes. It's like the old cliche: Think globally, act locally. I try to leave the classroom with kids (or seniors) feeling they have the power to make a difference.

Nietzsche says that we will live the same life, over and over again. God - I'll have to sit through the Ice Capades again.

My biggest thrill was seeing the Amish. Their way of life, to me, is just fascinating, that people in this day and time can still live like that.