Minds have their own weather systems. You are in a hurricane. Hurricanes run out of energy eventually. Hold on.

There is this idea that you either read to escape or you read to find yourself. I don't really see the difference. We find ourselves through the process of escaping.

Forcing yourself to see the world through love's gaze can be healthy. Love is an attitude to life. It can save us.

That kind of monotony that running generates - the one soundtracked by heavy breathing and the steady rhythm of feet on pavements - became a kind of metaphor for depression.

One cliche attached to bookish people is that they are lonely, but for me books were my way out of being lonely.

The way out is never through yourself.

I wanted to be dead. No. That's not quite right. I didn't want to be dead, I just didn't want to be alive.

Goals are the source of misery. An unattained goal causes pain, but actually achieving it brings only a brief satisfaction.

A million people a year kill themselves. Between ten and twenty million people a year try to. Worldwide, men are over three times more likely to kill themselves than women.

Hate is a pointless emotion to have inside you. It is like eating a scorpion to punish it for stinging you.

There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.

The good news is that opportunities for love enter our lives unpredictably, whether or not we’ve perfected self-compassion or befriended our inner critic.

A magician must always value his magic effects more than himself, because after few years audience may not remember his name but they will remember his magic effect.

Expositing. John 14, the speaker explains that the Holy Spirit making His home with us involves Him exposing other areas of our lives for repentance, regeneration, and renewal.

Birth copulation and death. That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks.

I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now?

Any system or blueprint for success is better than none at all. Think on paper.

Comedy - and I say this with humility - comedy needs me.

It doesn't take time to think right. It only takes the willingness to do so.

Part of being married is knowing when your husband needs your support.

If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.