I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas come when I'm vacuuming or waiting in lines.

Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.

Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.

Everything seems simpler from a distance.

Beauty exists where you least expect to find it.

Sometimes you can’t let go of the past without facing it again.

To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it.

Do you think a champion is made out of thin air? It’s through the hardships you endure that you’ll gain real strength.

It is not an act of bravery to try to save your own village. It is an instinct to protect what you possess. Bravery is when you step in to help when you have nothing to lose.

To have strength without knowing how to use it means nothing.

Just remember, Every day of your lives, you must always be sure what you’re fighting for.

A little truth seasons a lie like salt.

I believe fear of what we do not know may be the devil's best tool, meant to keep us back from those we long to approach.

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

I have different routines for different types of chaos. When I find myself swamped with work and surrounded by people, I try to carve out time to walk my dog alone so I can organize my thoughts.

I think that it's an arguable position, whether with Hamas and ISIS around, whether there should be a Palestinian state, but it's a defensible position, given the current circumstances.

True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.

Cam was so much clearer, easier to figure out. Like he was algebra and Daniel was calculus.

It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things.

Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.