But the very fact that this world is so challenging is exactly why you sometimes must reach out of its jurisdiction for help, appealing to a higher authority in order to find your comfort.

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots.

Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

Zen masters say you cannot see your reflection in running water, only in still water.

That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

There is a reason they call God a presence - because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.

Why do you stay in the prison of stress when keys are in your hand?

At times I think and at times I am.

Our view of reality is only a view, not reality itself.

It's no good saying, 'hold it' to a moment in real life.

It is very important that the president thematically shows where we're going in terms of the vision and an agenda.

I grew up listening to 2 Live Crew and NWA and I never went out and shot nobody.

My body is a temple, and my temple needs redecorating.

I need to write, and I can't write when I'm on the road.

A celebrity is someone famous for being well known

Each marriage starts with two built-in handicaps. It involves two imperfect people.