Tis better than riches To scratch when it itches.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

I had said before that all stories were magic. It had never occurred to me that all magic was stories.

Some of your most powerful intentions are born in your moments of greatest contrast.

The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, 'then' what do we do?

Writers - we're a little crazy about how much we care about it. We spend a lot of time fussing. At least, I do.

I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.

I question not if thrushes sing, If roses load the air; Beyond my heart I need not reach When all is summer there.

I think it's really important to know what you're putting into your body and give it nourishment.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

I've been doing music for a pretty long time, since I was a kid, and I must have been around 10 years old when I started playing shows with my siblings.