Knowing you’re worthless doesn’t give you value any more than knowing you are a captive sets you free.

The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness cannot understand it

Prayer may just be the most powerful tool mankind has.” ~Blink

Where is God? Where can I find him?" we ask. We don't realize that's like a fish swimming frantically through the ocean in search OF the ocean

The four rules of writing... 1. Write to discover. 2. There is no greater discovery than love. 3. All love comes from the Creator. 4. Write what you will.

The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die.

Adrenaline dulls reason; panic kills it.

The light came into the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it, but that no longer mattered because the light was now obliteration the darkness.

This will wreck you! Today, treat everyone you meet as if they're going to be dead by midnight. extend all the kindness and understanding you can, and do it with no thought of any reward.

In the end you will be your own undoing. You can't escape you.

...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.

Often we read to strengthen our beliefs but not to think.

I have far too many skeletons in my closet to think about any sort of serious mention of public office.

I tend over the years to have developed a certain hesitancy about believing that headlines tell the whole story.

Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much more primitive.

If I were in heaven, Nelly, I should be extremely miserable." "Because you are not fit to go there," I answered. "All sinners would be miserable in heaven.

I was raised with opera and very white-bread folk music like The Kingston Trio. That was about as daring as it got. So when I discovered hip-hop as a teenager, at first it made no sense to me at all.

The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit. That's very important in my life.

I don't like Utah. In fact, I hate them. I hate everything about them. I hate their program, their fans. I hate everything

I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.

Ten men in our country could buy the whole world and ten million can't buy enough to eat.