What distracts us will begin to define us. We don't need to swing at every pitch.

Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche

Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later.

Don't let not knowing how it'll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.

God never said He'd eliminate all of the chaos from our lives; He just said He'd bring meaning to it.

Selfless love is always costly; fear can't afford it, pride doesn't understand it and friends never forget it.

No one leads people to Jesus; He leads people to Himself. All the pressure's off; just go love everybody without agenda.

Instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.

We won't be distracted by comparison if we're captivated with purpose.

The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.

That's what love does - it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you'll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.

One of my favorite movies of all time is Fargo.

When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.

On Halloween, witches come true; Wild ghosts escape from dreams. Each monster dances in the park.

Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all

You must learn all things, both the unshaken heart of persuasive truth, and the opinions of mortals in which there is no true warranty.

To be sure an artist wishes to raise his standard intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain in obscurity. Pleasure must be found in the studying.

Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen."

People can think what they want to think, I don't go after people. I think most people I talk to, like me, are very quiet and keep to themselves, they maintain their lives.

I'm not a fan of the facts. Facts change; my opinion never does.

It is better to say, "This one thing I do" than to say, "These forty things I dabble in."