Your life is a blank page. You write on it.

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.

I think we carry home on our backs.

When I see a story, I ask: is this something I'd like to be in? Is this something I'd like to see? And if I'd like to see it, would I like to tell it?

The point is to be good-to be sensitive and sincere.

For the infinite glorious Creator of all things, to become a creature, is a mystery exceeding all human understanding.

The egg can be your best friend if you just give it the right break

The inability to experience regret is one of the diagnostic characteristics of sociopaths.

For no one loves the bearer of bad tidings.

When it's all you, you can't blame a bear. You gotta bear the burden yourself.

When I am at my limit and hurting, I focus on the moment.

A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.