I much prefer not to fall, unless of course I am falling into the hands of God.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

A smile is the light in the window that others say that there is care, and sharing person inside.

Sometimes even lawyers need lawyers.

Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.

When you open your heart with a quiet mind love rushes in.

I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.

Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.

Phenomenology is dialectic in ear-mode - a massive and decentralized quest for roots, for ground.

Well.. Is that all you've got?.. I hope not..cuz you haven't finished entertaining me yet.. -Gaara to Rock Lee during the Chunin preliminary

Few people know that I am also an artist; I truly enjoy sketching and drawing.

Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.