Sometimes the story we're telling the world isn't half as endearing as the one that lives inside us.

To change the world you'll need a pen.

I listened so hard because it felt like, while she was telling me stories, she was massaging my soul, letting me know that I was not alone, that I will never have to be alone, that there are friends and family and churches and coffee shops. I was not going to be cast into space.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

Sometimes I wish I could go back in time, sit down with myself and explain that things were going to be okay, that everybody loses ground sometimes and it doesn’t mean anything. It’s the way life works. This is hard to understand in the moment. You get to thinking about the girl who rejected you, the job you got fired from, the test you failed, and you lose sight of the big picture — the fact that life has a beautiful way of remaking itself every few weeks.

Believing in God is as much like falling in love as it is making a decision. Love is both something that happens to you and something you decide upon.

Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we're all chasing success. We've confused one for the other.