No matter how true I believe what I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have failed.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

Real love sometimes means saying goodbye.

The very least thing one should learn at the university is how to reach new knowledge.

I want you to get a haircut so you don't look like Ish Kabibble on a rainy night.

Don't be a person of success, be a person of value.

I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet under a cow pat.

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.

If the reason for climbing Mt. Everest is that it's hard to do, why does everyone go up the easy side?

I'm a "what you see is what you get" kind of guy. I don't have any time to be showing anybody any bag of tricks.

In degenerating programmes, however, theories are fabricated only in order to accommodate known facts

To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."