Humans have invented all kinds of symbols to communicate not only with other humans but more importantly with ourselves.

We speak the truth because we live in truth.

We can only think in a language that we master.

I regret it when I suppress my feelings too long and they burst forth in ways that are distorted or attacking or hurtful.

Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.

In every country dogges bite.

I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal

The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is that all the argument is on one side.

Anyone who's ever tried to tangle with a teddy bear cholla knows there's a whole lot more bear than teddy to it.

People think edges are bad, but they are really there to keep up from falling to pieces. They don't hold us back, they hold us in. They hold us together.

The opposite of Christianity is not atheism, but idolatry.

Gifts are given, but fruit must be grown

Without risk, faith is an impossibility.