Life begins at fifty but so does bad eyesight arthritis and the habit of telling the same story three times to the same listeners.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

Purpose and passion - purpose is what will guide you to your best self and the passion will keep you there.

There is nothing bigger and more important than a person’s calling

It’s always going to be easy to live like others or other’s life, because creating or innovating something of own is always difficult in comparison to buying or borrowing anything from others.

I suppose happiness is something one enjoys, but I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.

We're phenomenally blessed in the Walla Walla Valley. We have great, complex soil that's nutrient-rich but fairly porous.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

Suffering is optional. You’re gonna have some pain but it doesn’t have to make you suffer.

The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration.

The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm

We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance.