Hope begins in the dark.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.

Beware of false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance.

I don't want to say I can't wait to get back to normal life, because I don't. I don't want to get back to normal life.

The way sadness works is one of the strangest riddles of the world.

I love the way the American trade magazines never give anybody a bad review because they're afraid the advertising will be taken out. It's so hysterical.

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.

I believe that beauty lies in what makes you feel happy.

But I mean, even my family gets spoiled at times watching me doing things that I do, on and off the court.

Purpose directs passion and passion ignites purpose.

You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker.