I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset - and sandals - of my forefathers.

I've never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.

There's a beauty to forgiveness, especially forgiveness that goes beyond rationality. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great & powerful one

Since I was relatively new to the Bible, I was surprised by the Old Testament God. He's wrathful, but at other times, He's incredibly compassionate. He's not a one-dimensional figure at all.

The Bible improved my ethical IQ. I started to act like a good person. I tried not to gossip, and lie, and covet, and just by pretending I was a good person, I think I actually became a little bit better of a person. I'm not Gandhi or Angelina Jolie, but it was a baby step.

Behavior shapes emotions.

Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.