I wish that we worried more about asking the right questions instead of being so hung up on finding answers.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

Why write wrong if the writing won’t right the wrong? (90)

The worst thing about having power over other people's lives is that you sometimes get things wrong.

Hungry children are distracted children. We want to make sure nothing gets in the way of our children performing well academically, including hunger.

The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.

Music isn't about music, it's about life.

Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser?

Describing certain sounds, there's a common language that guitar players have.

I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it. It reminded me a lot of my job as governor.

Wizard's Seventh Rule Life is the future, not the past.

Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself.