A journey begins with a single step

Being the light of the world is about being a broken, exploding, scarred star and shining a light of hope and inspiration to everyone around you.

Don’t ever forget you are beautiful, although your life, your past and your present situation may be ugly. You are beautiful.

stars are the scars of the universe

The past does not define me, it ignites me. The past is not a piece of me, it has placed me.

Being a Christian is about living an inviting example.

Your footsteps will have more to say about your spiritual life than knowledge attained.

Skills do not qualify or disqualify any of us from our purpose.

Jesus didn’t die to save me from God. Jesus died to save me from myself.

To Jesus, the Christian life wasn't about being perfect but about being perfected.

Life is a journey

America has not always been kind to its artists and scholars. Somehow the scientists always seem to get the penthouse while the arts and humanities get the basement.

Every age can be enchanting provided you live within it.

The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.

I'm not sure Betsy DeVos has ever spent a day in a public school. And I don't - I'm pretty sure Donald Trump hasn't.

I love to go see live music. That used to be what I would do, almost every other night, and watch drummers play.

Some people believe that - pardon my language - in order to be good Catholics, we should be like rabbits. No.

How much more interesting life would be if only more people had the courage and skill to act themselves, instead of abjectly understudying some one else!

The grievance industry always seeks to blame other people while never finding a solution. That's my problem with it, when solutions are there to be had.

Bonus: I now knew what Erin meant by lickable abs.

But to a higher mark than song can reach, Rose this pure eloquence.