Jean Vanier

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness.

Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want.

There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it.

At the insistence of the Bush administration, Congress in 2006 passed legislation that required the Postal Service to prefund, over a 10-year period, 75 years of future retiree health benefits.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.