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.

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

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.

You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town

Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.

Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk of 'the dozens.'

Man, the Beatles were so high, they let Ringo sing a coupla tunes. Tell me they weren't partyin'.

SARC- was my second favorite -ASM word

Get a dream, hold on to it and shoot for the sky.

There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.

Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.

Some Elvis music and a good cry always helps.

You never want to be completely alone at what you do. Competition is good for everyone.

It is well known that the older a man grows, the faster he could run as a boy.