There is so much power in not been easily fazed and having the will to go on no matter what. I pray for "bottomless tenacity".

Christianity is not a doctrine, not, I mean, a theory about what has happened & will happen to the human soul, but a description of something that actually takes place in human life.

It is unrealistic to want to be happy all the time.

How far does a pretence of feeling, maintained with absolute conviction, become authentic?

I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish.

I think it's true that the more sanitized a person is, you can't really relate to that person.

Most of the time the concept of globalization ends up sounding unnecessarily abstruse - even the name itself sounds clunky and highfalutin.

Listen to your hunches, pay attention to your intuition, do not dismiss your random thoughts, inspirations or ideas.... They could be giving you the best advice you ever had.

Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.

Cain understands domestic issues because he had experience selling pizza; and he understands international issues because pizza is Italian.