We often rush through the experiences that have the greatest shift.

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

What we do comes out of who we believe we are.

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

That breath that you just took, that's a gift!

I failed many times, but I always found myself stronger and wiser.

Genius and insanity are fraternal twins.

I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'

I believe in the Rip Van Winkle theory—that a man from 1910 must be able to wake up after being asleep for seventy years, walk into a ballpark, and understand baseball perfectly.

The Christian idea of 'putting on Christ' is the whole of Christianity.

I come from a lot of different worlds, and you can't really place me in a category. I'm just kind of me, and that's what you get.

Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.

Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas.

Never give up hope. Situations can change over night, problems can dissolve in the light of a new day's sun.

The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December.