“When God allows something to be taken from you, He replaces it with something better.”

“Always remember that the Universe will never take anything away from you without the intention of replacing it with something better.”

“God only allows us to see such things when he wants something to change”

“When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.”

“When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.”

“I happen to be one of these guys that when you say something, you better mean it.”

“When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates.”

““Your disciples will expect something even grander from you. They’ll want you to become a deity.”
She snickered and said, “I’m not ruling out that possibility.”
“What sort of deity? A hamadryad? Plato’s demiurge? The Creator God of Judeo-Christian revelation?”
“That job’s already taken,” she said.
“But you could do it better,” I said.
“When it comes to the physics, no, but in other areas—you’re right.””

“Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want.”

“He knew the truth and was looking for something better.”