#Faith

"Storm [10w] Clouds darken to X-rays revealingthe tumorous thunder resounding within."

"For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ."

"Out-of-the-Box [10w] I march to my own drummerin a drum circle."

"Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God."

"Remorse among Thieves When a caught thief shows remorse he says to himself,"I knew I should pull off that heist differently."

"Believe, my child. Faith is the food of survival."

"Ageing [10w] There's no such thing as age -- only degrees of opacity."

"Perfection [10w] If you've attained perfection,then what's the point of living?"

"A Voice from the Past A book is a voice from the past whispering into your ear.Sometime I get the urge to exhume the author's bodyand hit him in the head with a shovel."

"I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life."

"Too Much Information You must empty your mind of garbage to let new garbage in."

"I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility."

"Chlorophylia [10w] + {Couplet} Few things amaze as the paletteof the autumn blaze."

"Origami Master If you're the greatest origami master in the worldmaybe I can find you a job folding napkins at a restaurant.I'm not making any promises."

"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."

"The AP Stylebook is Useless {Couplet} I can't abbreviate abbreviation nor know how to initialize an acronym,I can find the contraction for contraction nor the précis for a homonym."

"Journalist asks me whether I can sit down for an interview... Sorry, I can't talk now. I'm busy writing up a storm.How about tomorrow?Sorry, tomorrow I'm bust conjuring up a tornado."

"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."

"I believe in study. I believe that men learn much through study. As a matter of fact, it has been my observationthat they learn little concerning things as they are, as they were, or as they are to come without study. I alsobelieve, however, and know, that learning by study is greatly accelerated by faith."

"The faith is not the problem, Bernadette. The problem is the faithful."