Heaven plants a special seed, and we must have faith.

The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.

Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

If I had my life to live over again, I'd run barefoot, relax a bit more, I'd talk more to children, and I'd learn how they laugh.

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.

More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.

Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much information they're given, they have no idea what the person's life is like.

I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.

I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else.

Look at yourself, you’re old, too, but still doing your work. This is what we are, Philips. This is what we are.

The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.

Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities.

And sometimes when you're very mixed-up inside, you do things you know you shouldn't do.

Intellectually, I think everyone really knows that women are funny, but it's a weird thing that people keep trotting out.

I always felt like I was right out of Dickens, looking in the window of the Christmas feast, but not at the feast.

When you are too old to play golf, you had better die.

I'm fascinated about how past events shape our perception of current events and how they make us the people we are.

When faced with a choice between violence and cowardice, always choose violence

Inner #‎ peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your #‎ emotions