When I was young, I used to be so jealous of other girls that it crippled me.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.

Be captivated by your hearts desire, not distracted by your minds fear.

You want to live?Yes!Then quit thinking you're gonna die!

I love you, Skye. You’re in my heart, in my head, under my skin. You’re my present and my future.

Arrogance is shown in one's respect to the truth.

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.

I don't love traveling, because I'm never home. It's hard when you have a family.

All sporting ambition considered, there should always be a relationship to Germany.

Be risky at work. Be safe with your investments.

The way you get through tragedy is to look at the good things in life.