I don't find anyone more noble than Jesus.

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.

Joblessness sets you free psychologically

Being shameless in thinking, then talking, about male friendship because it is important. Make room for friendship in your life. Make a federal case out of it.

The most ominous of fallacies: the belief that things can be kept static by inaction.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through.

Who cares how you get caught? If you're cheating, if you're doing wrong, it doesn't matter what you're doing -- it's wrong.

Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.

What excites me is danger! I like to do daring things. I've bungee jumped three times. The only thing I haven't tried is skydiving.

I really never thought about the way I looked until boys came into the picture.

You cannot be creative with people around you.