Being a soldier [in the wars of modern power politics] was like being on a team in a sport that drew no crowds, except for the players' own parents and friends.

Simply being with other people who are also seekers and who are involved in the same quest you are is very meaningful.

Clarity of mind, body and spirit is the key to creativity.

There is art in taking time to appreciate the clean wash of the mind's silence.

Religion is rarely mentioned in current prime-time dramas or sitcoms that supposedly reflect the way we live now.

I writeNotFor the sake of gloryNot For the sake of fameNotFor the sake of successBut for the sake of my soul

People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.

Within a science fictional space, memory and regret are, when taken together, the set of necessary and sufficient elements required to produce a time machine.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.

I was a Republican and I saw the activists and what they were doing, it was intolerable to me.

I think most Muslims are incredibly upset with the state of America's foreign policy today and the state of the world.

It is neither holy, Roman or an empire.

That's something that I just can't underestimate the importance of, the staff continuity. I really think that the players feed off the coaches.

I started singing at the age of 4, at my grandfather's church in McKinney, Texas. It was called Greater Hope Holiness Church. My first solo was "Jesus Loves Me."