I always thought the Bible was more of a salad thing, you know, but it isn't. It's a chocolate thing.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

We are all artists

Daily reading is a sacred knowledge.

We will not capitulate - no, never! We may be destroyed, but if we are, we shall drag a world with us - a world in flames.

If you watch a film from beginning to end, with no women in it, it's really difficult.

The Greek makes the distinction between petros and petra simply because it is trying to preserve the pun, and in Greek the feminine petra could not very well serve as a masculine name.

I don't know Jiu-Jitsu, I don't know wrestling, all I know is how to fight. Period.

Why is it you always meet people when you look your worst?

Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.

I think that it is very good for people to talk about their paranormal experiences and share stories about things that they cannot explain.

When it's time to stop living, I will certainly make Death my number one choice!