[No single] explanation will ever contain the final answer for all time, for all hearers. There is always, ALWAYS more to learn.

The lives of all people flow through time, and, regardless of how brutal one moment may be, how filled with grief or pain or fear, time flows through all lives equally.

Religion is tied to the deepest feelings people have. The love that arises from that stewing pot is the sweetest and strongest, but the hate is the hottest, and the anger is the most violent.

I believe what Jesus said was, 'I the Lord will forgive whom I will forgive. But of you it is required that you forgive all men.

We navigate many paths each day, but how many sooth our souls and nourish our senses? Be aware of where you walk because the path you take can change your very essence.

Evil exists in this world because it has its place. For had you never sat blindly through the darkness of night, your eyes wouldn't turn toward the sunrise to appreciate its warmth and illumination.

As human beings, we're born believing that we are the apex of creation, that we are invincible, that no problem exists that we cannot solve. But we inevitably die with all our beliefs broken.

A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.

A story untold could be the one that kills you.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.

You can come to know the truth only when you are in love. But love never argues. There is no argument in love, because there is no aggression.

I think for most Americans, knowledge of the Islamic world was pretty slight before 9/11, and then it was thrust upon us in one of America's darkest hours.

We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone-but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.