I yearn not for the easy path, but for the right path.  For 'easy' and 'right' are rarely compatible.

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.

Art is the bridge across the gap between peoples and cultures. Writing is one of the arts that can help link people.

She’s drunk dialing contractors ” Chloe said to Tara. “Someone should stop her.

Passion pursues; love surrenders.

Billy Loes was the only player in the majors who could lose a ground ball in the sun

We all have abilities. I don't want to be recognized for my disability; I want to be recognized for my ability.

Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild he'll never need to deal another. He was just some Joseph looking for a manger.

The world is a little more diverse in 2015 than when the Fantastic Four comic first came out in 1961.

Collaboration is risky. If it fails, if the occupation is wound up prematurely and the bad guys come back to power, you might find yourself in some serious trouble.

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.