Do we? Our problem is whatever wedges between us and God.

Positive minds full of faith and hope produce positive lives.

I do not know the answers to life's hard questions, but I do know the One who knows them and that's sufficient...for now.

You were born into this life equipped to succeed. You are a part of God’s perfect plan. Yes, you. The plan would not be perfect if you were missing. Think about that. You matter more than you know.

Focus on the win and you lose the battle, focus on the battle and you win.

Some of the most memorable paths I've taken have been detours.

I can only change the world by changing myself.

It may seem that you are on the path alone, but the light that guides you is coming from somewhere. Trust your every step because none of us walk this journey alone.

Oh, child, my child, if only you realized who you truly are.

Miracles happen when dreamers take action.

Don’t you dare focus your energy on the 99 reasons something can’t be done. Focus on the one thing you can do and the 99 won’t matter.

when distress comes your way, pause and ponder

Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do: when neither innateness nor learning has prepared you for the particular situation.

Recent history is the record of one vast conspiracy to impose one level of mechanical consciousness on mankind.

I don't know the difference between working and not working.

But that hair? That is comedy entrapment. People are not attacking your hair, they are defending themselves from something that appears like it's about to attack them.

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else.

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.

In taking the everyday details of life for granted, we fail to appreciate the extraordinary fact that we are conscious at all.

I also think it's important not to demonize [Donald] Trump voters.

I think that my sensibilities are becoming slightly less delicate and I'm venturing out in a storytelling world.