I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn't get past something like that, you got through it.

words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder.

And I remembered something else that makes us human: faith, the only weapon in our arsenal to battle doubt.

It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

You live and let live, eventually that becomes enough.

Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish?

You didn't get past something like that, you go through it -- and for that reason alone, I understood more about her than she ever would have guessed.

Like the teens I worked with, I understood the need for miracles--they kept reality from paralyzing you

You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control.

The world has kissed my Soul with its pain, asking for its return in Songs.

There was no room in God's army for the coward heart, no crown awaiting him who put mother or father, sister or brother, sweetheart or friend above God's will. Let the church cry amen to this!

It's a good thing wrinkles don't start 'til you're 50ish. So, wrinkles, then Happy 60th, and then Just think, you'll be 70 In just those short years, numbering ten

In a perfect world, we wouldn't have any nuclear weapons. But it's not a perfect world. In fact, it's a very dangerous world.

My pappy told me never to bet my bladder against a brewery or get into an argument with people who buy ink by the barrel.

Liberty is the only idea which circulates with the human blood, in all ages, in all countries, and in all literature - liberty that is, and what cannot be separated from liberty, a love of country.

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say WITH respect.

People are dangerous. If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the detriment of those who are rich and privileged.

On stage, I'm me. I'm a husband, I'm a dad, I'm a guy, I'm a mess - but I am a cohesive thing that you recognize as one human entity saying these things that he generally believes.

Moreover, as God respects no persons, so He respects no conditions upon which He gives salvation to us.