I have memories of the clearest crystal mountain days imaginable, when we fortunates in the height seemed to be sky people living in light alone.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

They say that if you're afraid of homosexuals, it means that deep down inside you're actually a homosexual yourself. That worries me because I'm afraid of dogs.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

I don't know the difference between a hippie and a hipster but, it's fun to watch either one of them get beat up.

Yeah man, they call gambling a disease, but it's the only disease where you can win a bunch of money.

Trust means you anchor your heart in the reality of God's awareness of your situation.

You are a leader if your vision, mission, and actions inspire others to emulate you or follow your path.

Many people who have lost jobs . . . find that this was God’s way of redirecting their lives.

It is only when all our Christian ancestors are allowed to become our contemporaries that the real splendor of the Christian faith and the Christian life begins to dawn upon us.

The only way a no-legged leopard could hurt you is if it fell out of a tree onto your head.

Everyone who makes a Star Wars film wants to make it their own but they also have to be true to the concept.

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.

If we include hedonistic philosophy in hospitals, the lives of patients suffering from cancer would be much, much better.

Life's simplest answers are often the easiest to overlook.

My cage has many rooms.

There's a lot of injustice in the world and it's what I sing about in my music and what I try to confront in my life as an activist.