Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.

The fact that social media has leveled the playing field doesn't offer you the right to disrespect the elderly

Particularly on social media, there is that level of detachment, some people feel like they can say whatever pops in their head .

I do not deny "God", because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me no distinct affirmation, and of which the would-be affirmer has no conception.

The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.

Never forget that if you leave your law to judges and your religion to bishops, you will presently find yourself without either law or religion.

Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.

Do your duty today and repent tomorrow.

I think that all of the scars and all of the layers that I've built over the years made me the person that I am today, and I'm pretty happy about that person.

I've always thought I was looking for myself whenever I traveled. Like a journey anywhere was really a journey through myself.

Empathy comes from being empathized with.