Pastoral Resources

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.

I was seeking a real love, a real deal, and I have been seeking it for a lot of years. And in that seeking, I found that God's love is real.

They offered me millions and millions and millions of dollars to write books about Cary. That was between us. That was private. I'll always love him.

God's love doesn't leave out Jews or Muslims or anyone.

The people who truly love me and loved me before all of this stuff. You can't ever leave them behind.

Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money - especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran this place. We were guilty. And that's why we lost.

In a perfect world we would bring corporate tax rates down to 25% or less so we can get competitive in the world economy. Ultimately, I would love to see a flat tax.

In a war, you must hate somebody or love somebody; you must have a position or you cannot stand what goes on.

Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice.

Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

The love story for me was the nature of the love and not the age of the lovers.

Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I'll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will.

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.