It’s never easy to stand when the storm hits. And that’s exactly the point. By sending the wind, He brings us to our knees: the perfect position to pray.

Know that transformation sometimes begins with a fall. So never curse the fall.

Deprived is the one who has never witnessed his own desperate need for God. Reliant on his own means, he forgets that the means, his own soul, and everything else in existence are His creation.

The human currency of praise is Monopoly money. It feels great for a moment to collect, but when the game is over, it's worthless.

If given a choice between stoic justice and compassion, I choose compassion. And if given a choice between worldly leadership and heaven at my feet—I choose heaven.

The enduring life is the one that begins once we awaken from this world. And it is in that awakening that we realize… It was only a dream

The rule is easy to understand.Be simple, honest & smart.

Now when I bore people at a party they think it's their fault.

I was thrilled when a designer shop assistant said I was a size smaller than Madonna!

Love is creative. It does not flow along the easy paths, spending itself in the attractive. It cuts new channels, goes where it is needed.

Hazing is an extraordinary activity that, when it occurs often enough, becomes perversely ordinary as those who engage in it grow desensitized to its inhumanity.

I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be.

Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to me like a good evocation of writer's block.

It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.

Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance.

I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before.