Wonder is the antidote to religion.

…the weapon he used to transform the world was love.

The moment we begin to believe we have got something about God figured out with certainty is the moment we can be sure we are no longer speaking about God.

How easy it is for us to demonise from a distance. But when we stand face to face with our supposed enemy, it is hard to hate.

…Jesus spent more time eating, drinking and lounging with 'tax collectors and sinners' than explaining the Roman Roadmap to Heaven or undermining their belief system.

What are we to do when we seem to grow out of God? Or at least the understanding of God that we grew up with?

Allowing myself to wander off into the vast jungles of religion and spirituality has often led to me stumbling upon life altering new ways of thinking, living, and being.

But it's only when we allow ourselves to get lost that we can have the opportunity to find and be found.

…those who are the most confident are often those who don't have any fun.

If they're not willing to explore beyond the realm of their safety, certainty, and comfort, they will never know if their fantasies are true.

…for exploring beyond the boundaries that I had been taught to stay within.

Wisdom is the essence of experiences.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.

It is far more difficult, I assure you, to live for the truth than to die for it.

As you speed along the highway of life ... you might pause and consider. When everything's coming your way, maybe you're driving in the wrong lane.

I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life.

Gangbanging is a survival instinct, regardless of how anybody tries to paint it.

New formalism is writing with language as flow, like the flow from a dam, running through a desert that has had no rain for decades.

A good book is an education of the heart. It enlarges your sense of human possibility what human nature is of what happens in the world. It's a creator of inwardness.