I don't think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow. Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we've already been. They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.

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

Love one another. We don't need more instructions; we need more examples.

Do less of what you're terrible at and more of what you're good at. I don't know if that sounds too simple, but it's been working for me.

Too often we are posers. Don't be afraid. Be you. Live a life worthy of the calling YOU'VE received.

I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I'm more afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.

The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.