Our failure to hear His voice when we want to is due to the fact that we do not in general want to hear it, that we want it only when we think we need it.

We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt.

There is no avoiding the fact that we live at the mercy of our ideas This is never more true than with our ideas about God.

Truth can be told in an instant, forgiveness can be offered spontaneously, but reconciliation is the work of lifetimes and generations.

Your Life Determines Your Journey & Your Journey Determines Your Life

Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.

I have no answers, but every day I wish I could have the same point of view for any 24-hour period. I wish I was in some system where I don't constantly question myself.

You can call me a fat, balding, talentless old queen who can't sing, but you can't tell lies about me.

You must do right before you feel good.

If I'm looking fit and I'm not, then I'm cheating.

Golf is played with the arms.

Actually, we're just glorified flagpole sitters.

Don't turn around. Don't look back. Keep moving forward. Keep pushing. The pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow, not the beginning.