One drop of eternity is of greater weight than a vast ocean of finite things.

To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.

Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so?

When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.

I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally.

We must read the Bible through the eyes of shipwrecked people for whom everything has gone overboard.

Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Gratitude evokes grace like the voice and echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightning.

Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

The cracks in your heart are there so the light can shine through.

Some say ignorance is bliss, I say love is.

The record store was a place of escape. It was a library and a clubhouse” - Cameron Crowe quoted

I'm a very basic dresser. I'm not interested in calling too much attention to myself. I like to look cool without being too noticeable.

Even though homelessness reaches into the depths of despair, there's also a pride and beauty in it, as well.

My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.

Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.

When I'm in London, I love to visit Kensington gardens and just sit in the park and read a good book.

Writers are liars my dear, surely you know that by now?

My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted.