Never let a few people that don't get you, shape you, into their limited knowledge of what you can become.

Ordinary faithfulness leads to extraordinary impact.

The quickest way to forget about your pain is to help someone who hurts more.

Sometimes your dream has to die so God's dream can come alive in you.

Never grow weary in the fight to rescue the most forgotten.

The church has no authority to preach of inclusivity if we fear altering the look of our church by bringing in the poor.

Be so positive and optimistic that people give up trying to contain you.

Stay optimistic to the point where people question your sanity.

You can tell a lot about a person by what they let roll off their back.

Wanting to quit is a sign of success because it means you have something to quit; but don't quit.

Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.

Promise me this. When you find yourself in need of inspiration, bypass the roses that will clamor aimlessly for attention. And focus on the souls who have actually 'lived' among the thorns.

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.” – Associated Press interview, 12-7-11

This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be the perfect time to disembark.

Only love can be shared endlessly and still your heart will always remain full.

With kisses your mouth taught memy lips came to know fire.

Every medium - oral, written, print, and now electronic - has its own associated thought patterns and mind sets.

Denial was a weapon; it killed truth, numbed the mind, and I was a junkie.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

Ye have cast out yer brothers for devils and now complain ye, lamenting, that ye've been left to fight alone.