The most beautiful pieces of art come from the ugliest situations.

I'm just a product of grace that's still in the process; And I don't got to be great because my God is.

Emotions change. Truth doesn't. What will you build your life upon?

When have you heard a story about the hero dying for the villain?

It takes a moment to make memories and a lifetime to forget them.

I’ve found that God often lets us taste how sweet he is in our most bitter moments.

My biggest enemy is me and even I can't stop me

Do I worship God or what other people think of me?

Here is the paradox of Christian living. We must give up control of self to gain self control.

God used words to create this planet, so be careful with them.

Everyone wanna tweet but they don't know who to follow!

To will and to do are by grace.

Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There's a lot of tribalism in the collections.

Write a page every single day, even if what you put on the page that day is no good - it's the only way to get better.

I have never been able to see life as anything but a vast complicated practical joke, and it's better to laugh than cry.

There can never be any substitute for your own palate nor any better education than tasting the wine yourself.

What I love the most about surfing is that it's my first love. It's the first thing I can remember being consumed by.

The same fire" (which he decides to be material) " torments the damned in hell and the just in purgatory...The least pain in purgatory exceeds the greatest in this life.

It is the sun that shares our works. The moon shares nothing. It is a sea.