I took William Zinsser's advice that you write to yourself and you hope that there are people out there who are like you.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

The mature brain is a time capsule. History resides in its structure.

She did know that it's remarkably easy to fall in love with someone who is already in love with you. It's a little like falling in love with yourself.

The Jihad is not just a way of testing yourself but also means using violence to spread Islam.

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.

Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

Oh, the holiness of being the injured party.

What reality was ever made by realists?

After my bad experience as a kite, I simply refused to go about as a glowing Sadie-headed chicken. That’s fine for Carter, but I have standards.