I had problems a therapist couldn't solve; grief that no man in a room could ameliorate.

You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.

What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.

The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.

You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.

That my complicated life could be made so simple was astounding.

Real love moves freely in both directions. Don't waste your time on anything else.

Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.

Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It's the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It's worthy of all the hullabaloo.

An undisciplined mind is a wasted one, which will be reflected in the life of the one who possesses such a mind.

Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.

I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.

My sister wanted a cat for a pet... I wanted a dog, so they bought a cat and taught it to bark.

Did you think that I forgot you? Did you think I'm going away? Did you feel like I was don't care for you? No. I am here to stay.

I just love to compete

Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.

If I am going to get in a cab to go home, and I see a sign for an open house, I will go in. I like real estate because I am the boss.

We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.

The man who puts into the marriage only half of what he owns will get that out.