When something happens to you, you have two choices in how to deal with it. You can either get bitter, or get better.

I don't find anyone more noble than Jesus.

It is worthy of note that the Chinese and Japanese characters for money and gold are the same.

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. (They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz.) And as I lay there, it occurred to me that God is up there somewhere.

My most recent faith struggle is not one of intellect. I don’t really do that anymore. Sooner or later you just figure out there are some guys who don’t believe in God and they can prove He doesn't exist, and there are some other guys who do believe in God and they can prove He does exist, and the argument stopped being about God a long time ago and now it’s about who is smarter, and honestly I don’t care.

...a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.

Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere.