To dream alone is fantasy if it doesn't move the heart to act.

So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all ablaze.

Christ never intended to cover up the dark side of life, but rather to illuminate a path through it.

The work of restoration cannot begin until a problem is fully faced.

Healing comes when our story is raw, bone-deep and full of hunger for what only Jesus can offer.

Strength is found in weakness. Control is found in dependency. Power is found in surrender.

If we want to create a different future, we must have the courage to look at the past.

Every addiction is an attempt to slay hope.

Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain.

Every marriage moves either toward enhancing one another’s glory or toward degrading each other.

Stories don't give answers, but they do offer perspective.

A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence.

Not even thinking about anything. My mind is a blank. We just want to enjoy the moment.

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

A free market was never meant to be a free licence to take whatever you can get, however you can get it.

The planning fallacy is that you make a plan, which is usually a best-case scenario. Then you assume that the outcome will follow your plan, even when you should know better.

You can either buy clothes or buy pictures.

Right on through today, my lungs and stamina are my engine. I'm not nearly the strongest guy or the most flexible, but I can definitely sustain pace on the mountain.

Through play, we renew contact with childhood – My art is childlike.

You can write shorthand and still look at the guy you're talking to.

When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.