There was a time when I was in this private school and the kids were so conservative and close-minded that it was just appalling.

I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much.

Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time.

Young people have so many letdowns that people don't realize.

I fell in love with doing yoga.

Choices are like connecting highways. They all take you to the same place. Some just take longer to get there.

It's important to be involved and stand up for what you believe in.

It always feels good to tell you the truth. If I can't share it with you, it feels like it didn't happen.

It's just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now.

My mom has always been very open, very liberal. So I grew up with that, and I can appreciate everything that she did and went through and was exposed to.

Yoga is a life-saver.

How Superheroes Make Money: - Spider-Man knits sweaters. - Superman screw the lids on pickle jars. - Iron Man, as you would suspect, just irons.

Leaving Humanity is only your decision.

Missional leaders understand the power of connecting relationally in their community through personal networking.

I'm happy to stick with my persona. There are themes of love lost and love regained, but the main themes of all poems are basically love and death, and that seems to be the message of poetry.

Even so, I must admire your skill. You are so gracefully insane.

I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.

Thanksgiving, to be truly Thanksgiving, is first thanks, then giving.

When you have stopped learning you have begun to die.

A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back, but a sense of security and support.