Always look for common ground, but don't ever be afraid to choose sides.

The one thing I would tell everyone - myself included - would be to just chill out. Life, by design, provides us with plenty of drama without us having to augment it and invent more. Just chill.

That same intense, overpowering, and all-encompassing love that you feel for your family can also be utterly terrifying.

Be bold. Be kind. Be brave.

Accept the gift and honor the giver.

Love is real. In every single moment, there are only two choices: love or fear. I can tell you from experience that love is exponentially more powerful. And a hell of a lot more fun.

Figure out what you believe in and what you're willing to fight for, then figure out what your special talents are and apply them to it.

Create the world you want to see.

Learn how to let go and say a good good-bye.

Reading and gardening are really big for me, along with music and exercise. If I go more than a day or two without a run or a bike ride or something, I start to get kind of itchy and antsy.

One of the gifts of parenthood is that it forces you to be a bit more conscious about it, if only because you quickly realize that those kids are learning from your every action.

I wish I was a cool guy and could drink coffee black, but I put almond milk and raw cane sugar in it.

It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends.

I am interested in making up a good case for distortion, as I am coming to believe it is the only way to make people see.

Creating and producing creative work, to me those are all happy accidents.

Discipline has within it the potential for creating future miracles.

Spiritual growth thrives in the midst of our problems, not in their absence. Spiritual growth occurs in the trenches of life, not in the classroom.

When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on the stage. He will rise in the majesty of his own soul.

The less the head, the more the wound will heal. No head there is no wound. Live a headless life. Move as a total being, and accept things.

A digital camera has to be kept in check like a racehorse.

...I know good design when I fail to trip over it.