God made a whole beautiful earth and decided to put you in it, to experience all of this beauty. You can't do that watching television all the time.

There are things you cannot understand, and you must learn to live with this. Not only must you learn to live with this, you must learn to enjoy this.

The times in my life when I have been most happy haven't been the times when I have had the most money or the most freedom or the most anything, but rather when I've been in love or in community or right with people.

Christians might say that you can't live a more meaningful life without Jesus. Well, that's absolutely not true. You can. You can enjoy a sunrise whether you know Jesus or not.

I asked God to help me understand the story of the forest and what it means to be a tree in that story.

I think it's very hard for us, for Christians, to understand that it's okay to read a book, for instance, on how to manage your time. There's nothing wrong with that.

Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life.