There is a great deal of sin that comes from homosexuals who believe their homosexuality is a sin.

Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle.

I don't believe that raising my voice in song is going to be pleasing to a God who is sitting upstairs somewhere, waiting to be pleased.

Depressed people cannot lead a revolution because depressed people can barely manage to get out of bed and put on their shoes and socks.

The most important thing to remember about depression is this: you do not get the time back. It is not tacked on at the end of your life to make up for the disaster years. Whatever time is eaten by a depression is gone forever. The minutes that are ticking by as you experience the illness are minutes you will not know again.

People … don't want to be cured or changed or eliminated. They want to be whoever it is that they've come to be.

When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yourself than to repair them.