The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.

The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.

A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.

Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.

The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.

Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.

Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.

She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master's finishing touch.

In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.

Caring for our own hearts isn't selfishness; it's how we begin to love.

A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.

I sometimes refer to economics as a woman. To me the subject was always a she. People would ask me why. Easy. She's obviously a woman: all the men are trying to do her, and mostly they're failing.

Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down.

Almost everything we call "higher culture" is based on the spiritualization of cruelty.

Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.

Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars.

Good wine, well drunk, can lend majesty to the human spirit.

That [photographs] disturb readers is exactly as it should be: that's why photojournalism is often more powerful than written journalism.

When people want to inspire you to turn against some group of people, they'll often use empathy.

Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty.

The wisest man is he who can account for his actions.