Jesus defied all of these rules. He taught in the outer courts of the Temple so women could join the audience.

An old meaning of the word 'restoration' is to find someone with a royal bloodline who has been removed from the throne and then restore the person to that throne - to a position of honor.

Powerful people do not try to control other people. They know it doesn't work, and that it's not their job. Their job is to control themselves.

Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos.

It's my job to manage my heart so that I can respond to you in love and cast out fear in our relationship.

Marriage isn't just a choice. It's choosing the same person a million times.

No one else can steward the fire inside of you because only you are in charge of it.

One of the symptoms of being free is you begin to dream.

In being vulnerable, we reach for our greatest need while risking our greatest pain.

Discipline works from the inside out, and punishment tries to work from the outside in.

The First Goal of Conversation: Understanding, not Agreement

Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose.

But me and my sister knew all the Doris Day and Frank Sinatra songs, too.

I didn't even know Vogue existed when I was growing up.

As we get older, it's important for us to help hand back some of what we've gained as we've grown older. It should be one of your responsibilities - it's almost like being a mentor.

I am a wife-made man.

Worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is the oil.

The greatest danger for artists is total freedom.

I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it

Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts - stalled for a decade - to bring about nuclear disarmament.