Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy.

The disillusionment with our own abilities is, perhaps, one of the most important things that can ever happen to us.

Life becomes precious and more special to us when we look for the little everyday miracles and get excited about the privileges of simply being human

It's not so much what happens to us, as what happens in us that counts.

Our theology must become biography.

There is no better education than your own failures, if you've the eyes to see. We must have the courage to fail. It's evidence that we're risking to be our best.

Learning patience takes a lot of patience!

It takes time to be a good father. It takes effort - trying, failing, and trying again.

I believe that pain and suffering can either be a prison or a prism.

Most of us have enough excuses to last a lifetime. The sooner we let go of them and get on with living, the better off we are.

All of our theology must eventually become biography.

It didn't matter whether he was nearby or far away. His image would drift up into your mind just when you least expected it, shocking you, making your chest pound. Making your heart ache.

Ineptitude and arrogance never mix or match

The next movement is still in the factory.

I am not living the American Dream; I am living the American fantasy.

A penguin cannot become a giraffe, so just be the best penguin you can be.

You realize that for all the shenanigans that go on in the big circus of politics, everybody wakes up and goes to work.

I'm not a trained dancer in the slightest.

That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.

I will fight to the death for one's right to be able to practice in their temple, their mosque, or in their church, even if they have a different belief than I do.

Next time when anger comes just watch it. Don't say, I am angry. Say, Anger is there and I am watching it. And see the difference!