There is a pretty girl on the face of the magazine and all I see is my dirty hands turning the page.

On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

In the end only kindness matters.

I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.

Live your life with love and bravery and you shall lead a life uncommon.

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

Reality is what you believe it to be. It's what you put your thought and energy into, because your hands physically manifest thought. So your world becomes what you feel and what you think.

I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.

People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of it.

The Holy Spirit is not in a hurry. Character is the produce of a lifetime.

If our political leaders are to be always a lot of political merchants, they will supply any demand we may create. All we have to do is to establish a steady demand for good government.

The two sides of industry have traditionally always regarded each other in Britain with the greatest possible loathing, mistrust and contempt. They are both absolutely right.

There is more in the education of children than the everlasting iteration of the word "don't!"

Abhor all idea of being saved by good works, but O, be as full of good works as if you were to be saved by them!

One never discusses anything with anybody who can understand one discusses things with people who cannot understand.

Thinking about design is hard, but not thinking about it can be disastrous.

Everybody needs love. Everyone deserves it.

We cannot go backward. We cannot erase time and events. But we can go forward, hand in hand, hope in our hearts and love lighting our way.