...life is a continual process of learning, working hard, rising up, and then being humbled. Sliding over, then sliding over again. And again.

Without pain, how would we know what true joy feels like?

Don't leave the classroom of pain without gathering wisdom from its instruction.

How one responds in these dire circumstances says a lot about one's faith and the strength of one's beliefs.

Being an example to others is a requirement of following Jesus, even though none of us will ever be a perfect example.

We all are striving for something every minute of the day, whether we realize it or not.

We usually don't realize the thing that is defining our identity until that thing is taken away.

Humility is a peace that accepts one's strengths and limitations.

A humble person is comfortable in their own skin.

...a disciplined pursuit of less will keep us focused and make the greatest impact.

All work is service. If you aren't serving in your work, you really aren't working.

Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests

The pain of an unpublished manuscript is akin to the trauma of bearing an unborn.

Latin is already a dead language, man... don't make it any deader.

I think family mealtime is really important. There's a lot of research that shows kids are going to do better in school and have more self-esteem if you can all sit down and eat together.

My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything.

I don't spend a lot of time working if I can help it.

I think most people have a natural instinct to rebel.

Sometimes Hollywood is a small town on the West Coast of America at the furthest point from everywhere else, and that can make it a little provincial and insular.

I understood....that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.

After living with their dysfunctional behavior for so many years, people become invested in defending their dysfunctions rather than changing them.