"The real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance."

“Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.”

Source : Isaac Watts, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1850). “Parish psalmody: A collection of psalms and hymns for public worship: containing Dr. Watts's versification of the psalms of David, entire, a large portion of Dr. Watts's hymns, and psalms and hymns by other authors, selected and original. To which are appended, the confession of faith and Shorter catechism of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.”, p.348

“You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.”

“You can't spell believe without a lie in the middle”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“There is no future without forgiveness”

“We have passed the time of ... the laisser-faire [sic] school which believes that the government ought to do nothing but run a police force.”

“He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.”

“Grief is neither a disorder nor a healing process; it is a sign of health itself, a whole and natural gesture of love. Nor must we see grief as a step toward something better. No matter how much it hurts-and it may be the greatest pain in life-grief can be an end in itself, a pure expression of love.”

“I was born with eyes that can never close...”

Source : "Crazy Brave: A Memoir". Book by Joy Harjo, www.npr.org. July 9, 2012.