Nature doesn't see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That is the simplicity of evolution, matching design to environment.

For every perfect little town, there's something ugly underneath. No dream without the nightmare.

Never assume you know where someone else is coming from.

So we all embark wondering what lies over the horizon, what’s around the next bend. And isn’t that, in the end, what drives us?

If you let fear take hold, if you let it own you, your life ceases to be your own.

We leave this life the same way that we enter it, totally alone, bereft.

The box isn't all that different from life. If you go in with fear, fear is what you'll find.

The search for meaning was the cornerstone of human disquiet.

When you were a child, I didn't tell you about the evil in the world, all that lay in wait.

I cannot separate the man you are now from the boy you were then, and it's killing me. I wanted everything for you, son.I still do.

It's a troubling paradox - I have total control, but only to the extent I have control over myself.

Luxury is the enemy of growth. This is the one thing that I learnt from my father, and I approve of it fully. Abundance is neither good nor healthy for the growth of a child’s mind.

Without God’s help and His grace, it is impossible for a country to be transformed

How good it would be to make my own decisions

My first meditation teacher told me that there is no such thing as a bad meditation. He was right. During the difficult meditations you build up your strength, which creates meditation for peace.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.

For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.

Last year, more Americans went to symphonies than went to baseball games. This may be viewed as an alarming statistic, but I think that both baseball and the country will endure.

I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her.

Only a fool trips on what’s behind him. – Unknown

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.