Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around — it's easier, and frankly, we're usually right. [But] reverse the waterfall as much as possible. Enlist the children in their own upbringing.

You may be frustrated with religion, but don't take that out on God.

The way to tell a really big story, I think, is to tell a really small story.

You don't need a grand plan, you don't need to go back to the ancestors and rewrite the rules. You just need to take small steps and accumulate small wins.

May your first word be adventure and last word love.

I had always believed that I left a bit of me wherever I went. I also believed that I took a bit of every place with me.

There's a reason the Exodus story has inspired so many Americans. It's a narrative of hope.