But without wisdom, imagination is like a cruel taskmaster.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.

Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.

those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control

Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.

So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.

I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.

You cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave.

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.

I am walking proof of the power of prayer.

At my age, no one is married, no one has kids, no one has a career.

As a writer, my job is to think of evil ways to destroy the world and save it. What could be more fun?

I worship F. Scott Fitzgerald and I love his writing.

By humility, out of an enemy He has made a friend, which is more than to have created a new earth.

Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences.