Success and failure, ultimately, have little to do with living the gospel. Jesus just stood with the outcasts until they were welcomed or until he was crucified — whichever came first.

If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives.

Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness.

There is no force in the world better able to alter anything from its course than love.

Love isn't meant to hurt. But if it does, then it is absolutely not a true love.

On the matters where your country is wrong, don’t take side with your country! Because it is always wrong to be on the side of wrong!

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

Population is a strong driver of the economy as well as the quality of the labor force.

You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.

Never be afraid of failure or disappointment, because those are just temporary experiences on the path to your dreams coming true

What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better.

I would never recommend my novel as a parenting guide. But we happen to live at a very hectic and hurried time, and I believe that many parents are too wrapped up in themselves.

The hypocrite recognizes the honest man as his deadly enemy.

When I grew up, the only way a lad like me would maybe escape was playing football. Not being an actor.