I can amass countless fortunes and yet stand with empty hands. I can seek God and have fortunes that fill countless hands.

Ignorance might be bliss, but it also has teeth.

Let me be strong, for to be anything else is to languish in the abyss of compromise and to descend to places of impoverishment so destitute that they will squelch my soul and crush my heart.

It would be wise to define ‘living’ as walking in the fullest expression of who I am, verses wallowing in the confines of who I’m not.

To ‘live’ is to realize that without the journey the destination is nothing more than a task rigorously completed rather than an experience riotously lived.

With God, a mountain is only a road waiting to happen.

Eons ago, the creative genius of God foresaw that it would take the shattered pieces of my ‘yesterday’ to construct the sturdy portal to my ‘tomorrow.

We can hide a lot of stuff until God shows up, for when God shows up nothing is hidden, which includes both our embarrassment and His forgiveness.

Is safety the ‘dream’ that will kill all of my other ‘dreams?’ For the truth is, no ‘real’ dream is safe.

God would have us cherish even the smallest of blessings, for in taking a blessing for granted we are well on our way to taking it to its grave.

Am I a storm-waster? For it is within the fury of the very storms within which I cower that I find resources for my growth that are entirely absent on calmer days.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion.

Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

Compassion is a mind that removes the suffering that is present in the other.

Justice, truth, and beauty are sisters and comrades. With three such beautiful words we have no need to look for any others.

One person with the ability of half a person doing the work of four people.

The audiences like to think that satire is doing something. But, in fact, it is mostly to leave themselves satisfied. Satisfied rather than angry, which is what they should be.

In the city, a lot of crime happens, a lot of violence happens from time to time.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.