It doesn’t cause me to doubt God’s existence, but it does force me to admit there’s a lot about God I don’t understand.

First and foremost, God is the true hero of the story. No matter how captivating the other characters may be, our top priority is to discover what the Bible reveals about God.

Faith may want answers, but somehow it is able to survive without them.

When the average American says, “I’m starving, ” it is a prelude to a midnight raid on a well-stocked refrigerator or a sudden trip to the nearest fast food restaurant.

My mother used to tell me, “Things always look worse at night.” For the most part, I believe her. But some of the troubles that keep me from sleeping look just as bad in the morning.

When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you – you know your nation is doomed.

Meditation practice is not about later, when you get it all together and you’re this person you really respect.

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

Everybody just needs a second chance.

No sheep can be a king in the empire of wolves, but any wolf can be an emperor in the kingdom of sheeps! Paw is the key to the throne.

When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.

And I thought the whole point of my education was that violence IS the answer.

I am totally convinced that most grown-ups have completely forgotten what is it like to be a child between the ages of five and then... I can remember exactly what it was like. I am certain I can.