I had been searching for joy in the relatively good times of life, now I had to find joy amidst darkness and agony.

God is constantly on the move. I cannot stay where I am and follow God at the same time; responding requires movement.

Prayer might not change things, but it will change my perspective of things. Prayer might not change the past, but inevitably, it changes the present.

Sometimes you have to poke holes in the darkness until it bleeds light.

Always remain suspicious that God is up to something good.

Joy is a weapon we use to fight life's battles.

When we fight back with joy, we awaken to the deepest reality of our identity as beloved, delightful children of God.

Worry is a subtle way of telling God that He's fallen asleep at the wheel and that things aren't under His authority, but ours.

Joy emanates out of the abiding sense of God’s fierce love for us.

God sits enthroned, ready to listen, to help.

And like an echo, God often uses the repetitive events and themes in daily life to get my attention and draw me closer to himself." - The Sacred Echo

I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.

One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed.

I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing.

When I see ya baby girl, I miss feelin on ya. I miss everything that's real about ya and that's everything about ya, that's just how I feel about ya

Each has its lesson; for our dreams in sooth, come they in shape of demons, gods, or elves, are allegories with deep hearts of truth that tell us solemn secrets of ourselves.

There is nothing you can control about love.

My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.

Healthy relationships should always begin at the spiritual and intellectual levels - the levels of purpose, motivation, interests, dreams,and personality.

I have my moods, but I can always see something beautiful.

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?