A spiritual person is also in touch with his or her own reality, feelings and thoughts, and the reality of the people around him or her, not projecting on them.

The way to love someone is to lightly run your finger over that person's soul until you find a crack, and then gently pour your love into that crack.

I'll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse. Playing cricket is not.

The primary symptom of a controller is denial, that is I can't see its symptoms in myself.

I am deeply a part of the problem for which Christ died.

But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot.

I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity.

Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.

I wrote a book called The Taste of New Wine because I couldn't find a book that talked about the reality of the situation and how we were dishonest and afraid.

I am discovering that in trying to find God's will and the shape of the Christian life I have begun an adventure so great that its total completion will always be ahead.

I grew up and I became very successful at what I did as a young man. I became a work addict because this was the only way I could get any relief from this pain.

Books connect us readers to what we cannot see but imagine, an intangible sort of wonder and magic.

Even the wisest and the best of us can be foolish occasionally.

I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.

Girls throw their panties on the stage, but rarely if ever do they fit.

Listen to music religiously, as if it were the last strain you might hear.

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant.

Innocence is the source of love.

Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and the product is our most important marketing tool.

The miracle of Jesus is himself, not what he said or did about the future. Forget the future. I'd worship someone who could do that.

Those who don't have a wife should sublimate their sexual energies with outdoor sports or long walks.