Let probability and sample size do the heavy lifting.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.

I adore forgotten words, long lost folk tales, and books with pages soft and crumbling. I am a collector of scents and memories. The things that others bury are the things I hold most dear.

There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing.

For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua trainer.

When are you at your most defenseless?

I try not to keep my head in the clouds .

The most romantic things a man can do for a woman are the little things that let her know that she's on his mind and in his heart.

I never knew the media would be so interested in my personal life.

The competitive nation-state system, with all its capacity for good and evil, is spreading in the Third World and is transforming that world.

All life long, the same questions, the same answers.