They beg you for transparency. Yet when you give them a peek behind the curtain shrouding your hear, they run in sheer fright.

Promise me this. When you find yourself in need of inspiration, bypass the roses that will clamor aimlessly for attention. And focus on the souls who have actually 'lived' among the thorns.

If you only knew how many sentences I have withheld in hopes that I will be allowed to speak them into your heart one day.

How is it that hearts hold on to memories with the strength of hope and possibilities.

I am often asked what made me the way I am. And my answer is always this: I've always been me. It just took awhile to find me under all the rubble.

How to raise sons who respect women:Never give them the opportunity to see you disrespect yourself.

If everyone only gave a fraction of the compassion their hearts are capable of giving... how much suffering could we alleviate in this world?

I used to worry about tomorrow, but that was before I survived yesterday. Now it's one breath at a time.

Show me a little bit of your soul under all those pretty words you spill, and I promise you I will drink every last drop.

And I find myself asking again and again.... What was it about such a beautiful man, who was able to leave such ugly scars?

Every word on every page, represents a love that captured this heart... fully, and never set it free.

If Christ is missing from your life, it isn’t because He is lost.

The only competition in art is the search for truth. No matter who gets there first, we all win.

It's no fun to appreciate to the full the truth of the materialist proposition that I don't have a body, I am a body.

One man's piss-soaked sadomasochistic orgy is another man's poetic ecstasy.

The hammer and the anvil are the two hemispheres of every true reformer's character.

Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.

That's the funny thing about religion: it doesn't matter what you say, you're going to upset someone.

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it.