The people who don’t give up are the people who find a way to believe in abundance rather than scarcity.

You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.

What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.

The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.

You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.

That my complicated life could be made so simple was astounding.

Real love moves freely in both directions. Don't waste your time on anything else.

Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.

Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It's the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It's worthy of all the hullabaloo.

I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more.

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

The heart is the only broken instrument that works.

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

I'll sleep when I'm dead.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

I was a basketball player. I'm a gym rat. I'm always in the gym playing.

If standing for liberty and the Constitution makes you a Wacko Bird, then count me a proud Wacko Bird.

We wish that we could take magic drugs, play around all day, read, and do nothing strenuous, and be the smartest, happiest people in the world. The truth is, it's all about sweat.

Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished, I'll hang my head and perish.