You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.

Love happens when people forgive.

Friends don't get jealous of each other or begrudge the other for finding success. They celebrate every victory together.

Perfect love drives out fear

The next time that boy pursues you, he better do it like a dying man looking for water in a desert. When it's the right guy, you'll know, because he'll cherish you.

God stays awake all the time. In case we need to talk to Him about something.

You don't have love without sacrifice; you can't have sacrifice without love.

Christmas is a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass our own.

God grows fragrant flowers of hope in the ashes of loss.

Life is too short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs.

I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.

It's rally bad when dads cry.

Roots of the weed sucked first life from the genesis of earth and hold the essence of it still. Always the weed returns; the cultured plant retreats before it.

There are some temptations which are so strong that they must be virtues.

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.

I think sometimes your worst enemy is inside your head. All your insecurities, your ego, your fears, your expectations.

Knowledge is the only water which makes one thirsty when it is drunk.

You get a taste here in New Orleans that you don't get anywhere else in the country.

O Lord, you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done, as you please. Give what you will, how much you will, and when you will.

Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.