Letting go of the security of what is commonly understood requires a big leap of faith and a willingness to fall.

Failure is a natural part of learning and developing, and it teaches us to be resolute and steadfast in our endeavors.

We must be present enough and receptive enough to “hear” with our whole being beyond just the words that are being spoken.

Our differences need not divide us because even as we are unique and individual, we are also all one.

There’s no better way to serve and nourish the magnificence in another person than to simply listen to them openheartedly and without judgment.

It is only through dialogue, deep listening, and passionate disagreement that we find our way to something larger than a singular and isolated point of view.

Consistency in your interest is the actual reason behind every success, and inconsistency is the major cause of failure

I find few things more personally enriching than exploring the parameters of my own ignorance.

From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections.

a certain red cardinal sounded like a little bottle being filled up, up, up with some clear liquid.

When any of the four pillars of government-religion, justice, counsel, and treasure-are mainly shaken or weakened, men had need to pray for fair weather.

Wine, like the rising sun, possession gains, And drives the mist of dullness from the brains, The gloomy vapor from the spirit flies, And views of gaiety and gladness rise.

The dating process is not normal for me.

The strongest human emotion is probably love. I think it's universal. I think that across language and country and time and everything else, probably love.

I'm not saying we have power over everything in our lives - if that were true, my hair would look so, so different - but I am saying that there's no circumstance in which we are completely powerless.

The most important thing is to write material that YOU think is funny. If you don't think it's funny, but you're convinced that other people will think it is, well they won't.