When we do what God wants us to do, we are blessed, we are spiritually healthy.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

You deserve a longer letter than this

...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.

Sometimes I don't even know why I'm writing what I'm writing...I'm just following these people around and taking notes.

I think a Chris Jericho triple DVD set is a great present. I don't what my kids are complaining about.

Most parents have college funds and things. I don't. I call myself the "hood daddy." I got their money in cash, stashed up. I don't have plans for my kids. I just want them to be happy.

Many men go into the ministry not only for the power trip involved, but also so that they will never have to be interrupted or contradicted.

Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.

It's not that we're trying to avoid death; we're trying to enjoy our lives fully, to wring every wonderful drop out of life that we possibly can.

People sometimes forget that a rat race can be won only by a rat.

You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your own understanding.