Real, lasting closure is never secured through retribution or retaliation.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.

I love scary movies, but I'd never really even seen The Vampire Diaries, up until I met [Kevin Williamson].

My dream is to be on my boat. Or on an island. Or in my house in the country. That's my dream.

I spent my whole childhood looking for an escape.

Never trust a man who lays his hand on his heart when he assures you of anything.

Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.

No fight is harder than the struggle against the thing you want most to believe.

We can always find noble reasons for what we want to do.

The Indian mythology has a theory of cycles, that all progression is in the form of waves.

We should never lower our dignity by lowering our language.