Just out of high school, you didn't realize you were creating drama for the sake of drama.

Reality is like a fine wine, ” he said to me. “It will not appeal to children.

The separation of truth from reason is a dangerous game. I think ideas have to sink very deeply into a person's soul, into their being, before they can effect change.

In church, the rules of the lifeboat don't apply. Church is the refuge where the Kingdom of God is emulated, not mocked.

What good does it do to tell somebody to live morally so they can die 50 years later and apparently go to Hell?

(The monks) approach was far less narcissistic and our tends to be. Their goal when reading Scripture was to see Christ in every verse, and not a mirror image of themselves.

Because it is so scatterbrained and has absolutely no charts and graphs, I'm actually quite surprised the Bible sells.

The actual language of life is not the charts and graphs and stuff we map out to feel smart. The hidden language we are speaking is really about negotiating the feeling God used to give us.

Jesus had no regard for the lifeboat politics you and I live within every day.

The repentance we are called to is about choosing one audience over another.

About the time I told God that He didn't exist, I was desperate for an identity.

You will never be free as long as there remains one Russian soldier in Poland and your freedom will always be threatened as long as Russia interferes in your affairs.

How much you are able to learn is determined by how much you are involved, how much you participate, and how many actions you take.

Never think twice, when you have decided once.

What I cannot love I overlook.

The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection.

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

Never loan your car to anyone to whom you've given birth.

he was figuratively following along beside her as she walked the fence, ready to catch her if she should fall.

My time is being shared with my fans and the people of the world, while I have got children growing with a lot of days of not seeing their father.

One word, in this place, respecting asparagus. The young shoots of this plant, boiled, are the most unexceptionable form of greens with which I am acquainted.