The role of silence is to create the space where we encounter the silent Presence.

A hunger for beauty is at its heart a hunger for God.

Behind every specific call, whether it is to teach or preach or write or encourage or comfort, there is a deeper call that gives shape to the first: the call to give ourselves away - the call to die.

But our wounds are part of who we are...and there is nothing left to chance....And pain's the pen that writes the songs....That call us forth to dance

To allow myself to be loved by God in my deepest brokenness is to experience a love that defies human comprehension.

To be rooted in love is to look beyond surface appearances to see the inner beauty in others often disfigured by sin.

To know that God loves us in the state of grace or disgrace is the most powerful motivation to respond with the aid of grace to His loving call.

People who demand signs never believe them when they come.

Christmas is the celebration of the keeping of a promise. A saving promise.

But the Promise showed their wildest dreams had simply not been wild enough.

True friends define each other.

At the last stages of the journey, there’s no journey at all.

I like how my body feels when I'm in shape; I love how it feels after I work out each day. Fitting in the clothes I like to wear comfortably and living a healthy lifestyle is important to me.

There are a lot of bitter people out there who have got jobs that they hate and the key to life for me is doing something you love doing.

If you only have one shot at writing a headline, there's a lot of pressure.

No tye can oblige the perfidious. [No tie can oblige the perfidious.]

It's moderate growth, with some parts of the world better than people think, and better than last year [2015].

Resolutions are just like rules. They're just made to be broken.

It's better to forget than remember me and cry.

If you're that depressed, reach out to someone. And remember, suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem.

Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes.