Jesus did not ask us to believe that he would be raised from the dead.

Jesus did not ask us to believe that he was the messiah. He certainly never suggested that he was the second person of the trinity. In fact, he rarely referred to himself at all.

Jesus did not ask us to believe that his death was a blood sacrifice, that he was going to die for our sins.

Jesus did not call upon people to repent, or fast, or observe the sabbath. He did not threaten with hell or promise heaven.

Fiction and poetry are doses, medicines. What they heal is the rupture reality makes on the imagination.

Bring real and practical life experience to the people

A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

Hope is the spotlight that shines on the mine fields of possibility

The hotel was guest-friendly with hourly rates and had enough room to swing a cat, if it were a small cat and you wanted to swing it.

A smile happens in a flash, but its memory can last a lifetime.

Because I'm 44, I feel kind of lucky that I lived through this period where I started my career where there was no Internet at all, and now when I finish it, there will be nothing but the Internet.

It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned with life.

Works of art must persist as objects of contemplation.

One either imposes one's ideas or one is imposed on.