“What's wrong with us isn't a rap sheet of bad deeds, but a damaged hea...” — Frederica Mathewes-Green Quote

“What's wrong with us isn't a rap sheet of bad deeds, but a damaged heart, a soul-sickness, that plunges us into fearful self-protection, alienation from God and others.”

“Could a body broken and blood spilled two thousand years ago restore my own damaged life?”

“God is not looking for repayment, but repentance. What heals a broken relationship is sincere love and contrition.”

“As I ponder my pilgrim’s progress to Orthodoxy, however, I realize that I didn’t make the trip alone, but in a two-seater. And I wasn’t the one driving.”

“People just don't realize how much peer pressure, the desire for peer acclamation, influences them.”

“My mother was an unbeliever - and still is. My father was a nominal Catholic. We would go in to church at the last minute before the gospel reading, take Communion, and walk right out again.”

“At a moment when people are losing faith in their ability to participate in politics and make themselves heard, the media can play a critical role in reversing that sense of alienation.”

“A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.”

“People talk about alienation in the city. Diners are a place where you feel comfortable, an extension of your house.”

“Without alienation, there can be no politics.”

“When power is exercised exclusively at the centre, the result is rigidity of rules and alienation of the people subject to those rules.”

“In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.”