In our effort to be honest about our problems, it is not necessary that we cease to be mindful of our potential.

Being realistic encompasses the negative, but it by no means excludes the positive.

Keeping it real" isn't just a matter of facing up to harsh facts. It also includes opening up to the plethora of possibilities that offer us ways of impacting the world in spite of adversity.

Our feelings are not there to be cast out or conquered. They’re there to be engaged and expressed with imagination and intelligence.

The problem with feelings is neither that our moods fluctuate nor that our emotions seem to fail us. The greater dilemma is that most have only learned how to dance to one type of feeling.

Mental and emotional freedom is not the denial of truth — it’s the recognition that truth isn't something we need to run from or be afraid of.

We need to retrain our brains, our hearts, and our wills to seek a comfort that truly satisfies.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a little patronage more so.

It's the easiest way to stay in the game: By helping the younger kids, they're gonna preach for you.

Had I been chosen President again, I am certain I could not have lived another year.

Now, have I ever been tempted to break into a Krispy Kreme doughnut store in the middle of the night? Oh, yeah. God help us if I had a mini-bar stocked with cheesecake and chicken-fried steak.

The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.

When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.

Let no man thirst for good beer.

Somehow Jesus's reputation has survived all the embarrassing things that Christians have done in his name.

Buy a cross section of American industry, and if a cross section of American industry doesn't work, certainly trying to pick the little beauties here and there isn't going to work either.