Since man created government to help secure and safeguard [inalienable] rights [from God], it follows that man is superior to government and should remain master over it, not the other way around.

Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

The greatest test of life is obedience to God.

The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.

You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.

Some of the greatest battles you will face will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.

The way to feel better about your own situation is to improve someone else’s circumstances.

Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.

Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.

If you dream big, you achieve big.If you dream small, you achieve small. Dreams make the difference.

Philosophy - hopeless. Yet it gives me hope.

I was one of those kids who took apart their toys to see how they work, just to see what they were made up of.

When we're onstage, it's like mind reading: we're on the same page.

I buy records from all across the board. I get kind of a hybrid of influences in my own music.

Passion makes the best observations and the sorriest conclusions.

When someone points a gun at your head and loads it, by God, you ought to take them seriously.

You are constantly invited to be what you are.

Being a twin, and being my sister's twin, is such a defining part of my life that I wouldn't know how to be who I am, including a writer, without that being somehow at the centre.