Laughter—just good bone-shaking, belly-jiggling, light-in-the-head laughter, is a sure sign of health. The only one who hates it is Satan and all his wannabes.

Prayer makes no sense apart from waiting.

One of the most convicting things I have recently come to realize about Jesus is that He was never, not once, in a hurry.

But grace and effort are not opposites. Grace and earning are opposites.

Silence is the room we create for the searching of God, where we hear His voice and follow.

Love can’t cover over the sins we cover up…If you want God and others to cover over your sin, stop covering it up.

The Pharisees had an ethic of avoidance, and Jesus had an ethic of involvement.

Leadership is about stepping up when it's the appropriate time and then making sure everyone knows that we're all on the same page.

Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.

I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase.

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players.

You don't do things because of the rewards or because someone may remember you after you are gone. The satisfaction is in the doing. Whether or not someone remembers does not really matter.

Comedy speaks for civilization; farce bears an ill-concealed, sometimes unconcealed animus against civilization. Often against civility too.

We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.

What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?

Spiritual healing occurs as we begin to consciously reconnect with our essential being - the wise, loving, powerful, creative entity that we are at our core.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.