When darkness is at its darkest, a star shines the brightest.

Learning can never be quantified with a flawed educational unit.

We live in a world where expectation exceed inspiration

There's more than what the eye can see, the heart can love, and the brain can understand.

Self-knowledge is the greatest kind of knowledge.

If I don't stay in and write, I feel like a prisoner.

The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible

I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.

Initially there's absolutely nothing.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

Our military is overextended. Nine out of 10 active-duty Army divisions are either in Iraq, going to Iraq or have come back from Iraq. One way or the other, they're wrapped up in it.

If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside, that's how your temper will cool down.

My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images of God in their head, images of a God who's not good.

The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the appetite of the contractors, and therefore the just value is that which they be contented to give.