There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard.

When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned

The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.

If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

There seems to be no hope. But pretending to be hopeful is the only grace we have . . .

Leading a missional church is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and to lead the church beyond it personal limits.

How empty is theory in the presence of fact!

Happiness lies so far from man, but he must begin by daring to will it.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

The references you do not verify are the good ones.

Mars is essentially in the same orbit. Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water.

I don't think you can be a credible, modern candidate for president without making the environment a major part of your platform.

The search for a personal identity is the life task of a teenager.

Every single child should have the chance to live up to his or her God-given potential.