I am early in my story, but I believe I will stretch out into eternity, and in heaven I will reflect upon these early days, these days when it seemed God was down a dirt road, walking toward me. Years ago He was a swinging speck in the distance; now He is close enough I can hear His singing. Soon I will see the lines on His face.

Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.

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.

...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it.

Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.

There are about 360,000 churches in America, so we could mentor a million kids within a short period of time if everyone signed on, which, of course, is a pipedream, but we're going to reach toward that.

All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.