God does not offer us a way out of the testings of life. He offers us a way through, and that makes all the difference.

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

Faith is more than thinking something is true. Faith is thinking something is true to the extent that we act on it.

Nothing takes God by surprise. He knows the future and can therefore guide us through its trackless ways.

Faith is not jumping to conclusions. It is concluding to jump.

Not what we say about our blessings but how we use them is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

Bring Down The WallsI will bring down the wallsthat surround me today.I will no longer be kept quietMeek enough to drown today....

It doesn't really matter how you feel about your character, it just matters what you do with it.

Every vice of the Empire has been repeated in the Foundation. Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than life's daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.

James Brown and Frank Sinatra are two different quantities in the universe. They represent two different experiences of the world.

I think a lot of presidents learn to be president by being president.

Gentle and giving-all the rest is treason.

I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

it is in the oral traditions of the villages that the arts of India are really alive. The brief Western immortality of museums is pointless to people who have seen eternity in their earth.

You know, when I was younger I was into all kinds of art - drawing, painting, all that stuff. But I played drums, played piano forever.