Affliction is able to drown out every earthly voice. . . but the voice of eternity within a person it cannot drown.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

When someone talks about their problems, it doesn't just mean they're complaining, it means they trust you enough to tell you.

Prejudice is a belief born from a shortcut to thinking

I played guitar. I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor. So I was in a couple of folk groups that managed to keep me in underwear and burritos.

Mommy would never divorce Daddy. He's just like one of the family.

I pray thee, sir, forgive me for the mess/And whether I shot first, I'll not confess. - Han Solo

This is the age of the new tolerance and it is producing a bumper crop of anti-Christian and anti-American sentiment.

I don't believe [monogamy] is realistic. But, I believe that we, as people, have the power to make it happen.

Usually the things you dislike in a person are his defenses against fear.

I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.

Every Kenyan writer has offered me something to hold onto, something to believe in.