It's not every day you do something that's never been done before.

I'm a prime example of the way kidney disease strikes silently.

I was a healthy young man, and I thought I was invincible before I was diagnosed with kidney disease.

I'd like people to know that you can head off kidney disease, maybe prevent a transplant or stop the disease from progressing after detection by doing a simple urine test in the doctor's office.

It is necessary for us to have an imperfect freedom so that we can give ... if we cannot give anything to God, we do not have a share in his Spirit, who by his very nature is Gift.

I give you bitter pills in sugar coating. The pills are harmless: the poison is in the sugar.

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Anything you can do needs to be done, so pick up the tool of your choice and get started.

If I can succeed in saving only a single soul I can be sure that my own will be saved.

Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

Jesus, Food of strong souls, strengthen me, purify me, make me godlike

If someone hands you a million dollars, best you become a millionaire, or you won't get to keep the money.

I remember reading Paul Fussell my first year teaching at U of Hawai'i and being like, oh, it has a turn! Why didn't anyone tell me?

Loyalty saves the wear and tear of making daily decisions as to what is best to do.