It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest.

Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.

I have Tourettes syndrome.

The most difficult of decisions are often not the ones in which we cannot determine the correct course; rather the ones in which we are certain of the path but fear the journey.

Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.

There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives

such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour

The greatest shackles we bear in thislife are those forged by our own fears

Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles.

To choose the path is to choose the destination, but sometimes it seems that the path is under our feet even before we know we're walking.

A man who don't know history, he don't know anything.

A quality wife guarantees you a quality life.

The worst thing in life is boredom. When people don't know what to do with themselves, they are very, very poor.

Our best presidents have really combined domestic leadership with heroic achievements in foreign affairs or war.

Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.

I found myself within a forest dark.

For me, every book is a journey - questioning a really difficult topic that most people don't want to talk about, much less write about. And that's what I need; that works for me as a writer.

I always wish life could be a musical. One person just says 5, 6, 7, 8.

I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.

Religion originates in the child's and young mankind's fears and need for help. It cannot be otherwise.