Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself.

The soul is healed by being with children. --Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Emotions are the colors of the soul.

Jesus is not the 'founder of Christianity.

The God of Evangelical Christianity is a Monster.

The ability to choose is at the essential core of our grandeur. Even evil exists because God respects our ability to choose.

You are free to love without an agenda

You have to take the time to prepare the soil if you want to embrace the seed.

Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.

I think that most creative fiction involves the transformational process, whether it is Dickens or Dostoyevsky and the writer in some sense is expressing their own journey through such a wilderness.

The intricacy and the inherent beautiful fragility of the human soul is such that it is uniquely damaged and only God knows how to heal it, and it's going to take time.

It's kind of depressing, if you think about it. I mean, me being so young, and yet so cynical and suspicious.

I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.

Takin' out my freak tonight

The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.

There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

Where else would you rather be than right here, right now?

Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest.

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman.

I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition

I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.