Everything always passes, and everything is already okay. Stay in the place where you can see that, and nothing will resist you.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.

Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.

Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

Every day brings new choices.

Don't follow a defeated foe. Follow Christ. It is costly. You will be an exile in this age. But you will be free.

Have you ever wondered which hurts more:Saying something and wishing you hadn't, or saying nothing and wishing you had?

I don’t have any ill will or ill thought towards anybody.

I knew that drinking and doing stand-up was going to make me less of an effective comedian. And I just had a lot invested in wanting to be a really good comedian and so I stopped for that reason.

Gary Condit is on the Congressional committee for Homeland Security. They make the guy responsible for Homeland Security who is the guy no one would feel secure going home with.

The witnessing of titanic events is always dangerous, usually painful, and often fatal.

Alcohol is perfect for me to curb the nerves a little bit.

A little learning is a dangerous thing but none at all is fatal.

There is nothing more powerful than peace.

I draw no petty social lines. A man to me is a man, wherever I find him.