I love to communicate, and I love music. That's why I always thought not being able to hear would be a tragedy.

Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.

It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know.

The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.

We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.

A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.

I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.

Life is enriched by difficulty; love is made more acute when it requires exertion.

When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yourself than to repair them.

In the end, only God can see the heart of an individual and distinguish the difference between legalistic deadweight and the passion of holy solemnity.

No important change in ethics was ever accomplished without an internal chage in our intellectual emphasis, loyalties, affections, and convictions.

If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.

You never came home for lunch: you just stayed doing, playing, having fun, surfing, running round.

These vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false.

I am suggesting that quality in undergraduate education means giving students a perspective that is global.

I think connection makes me vulnerable. Commitment makes me vulnerable, really.

I believe I have a sunny disposition, and am not naturally a grouch. It takes a lot of optimism, after all, to be a traveler.

The way that music is approached in the temple is very call and response; it breaks down that barrier between performer and audience.

I only write when I feel the inspiration. Fortunately, inspiration strikes at 10:00 o'clock every day.