Possibility is far more frightening than impossibility.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

Good destiny give little time to understand your mistake and change your self But Bad destiny lead you toward bad thing until you destroy life and not give time to change.

To me life is a journey seeking the basic of life.

Wearing your feelings on your sleeve will end up being a chip on your shoulder.

We can only bring changes by taking a position, and by our actions

Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.

Any questions I had about whether a redneck from Oklahoma could become a Brown Classical Philosophy professor ended when I met Tim [Blake Nelson].

I don't believe in carrying a weapon. If somebody wants to shoot me, he'll have to bring his own gun.

All of the images of Jesus and of the kingdom are small things: be a light in the darkness.

I have not come up with anything original. It needs a better brain than mine! I have done what I can do in taking Dawkins' idea and extending it.

I read two to three books a day anyway (I only sleep about two hours a night, and I read really fast).