The real promise in too many promises is a promise that I’m going to be disappointed.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

The years would pass like weeks, and loves would pass too, or else grow sour.

The best meals are those prepared by loving hands.

The worst way to drown is in mainstream.

We'll never feel safe again, and so it's bye-bye innocence. It's been nice knowing you, but you're gone now.

Yes, I know. Death sits with his key in my lock. Not one day is taken for granted. Even nursery rhymes have put me in hock.

The past is history. The future is a mystery. The present is a gift.

The woman I was seems hopelessly naive. I envy her.

I went to the store and bought eight apples; the clerk said, "Do you want these in a bag?" I said, "Oh, no, man, I juggle."

Now, she could't help but think he was just a big version of a jealous boy friend.

I dont think about race before I start drawing. I think about how to make that mark to fit whatever purpose I need it to fulfill.