No acts are random or wasted.

The worship of safety emasculates greatness.

Today's belief is tomorrow's behavior. If you want to be happier person tomorrow, sow seeds of happiness today.

It was a matter of going back through a lot of sermons and remembering the questions and conversations, where these ideas came from. So the book [Max on Life] is really kind of a second chance to answer these questions.

Vengeance fixes your attention on life's ugliest moments. Is this where you want to look? Remember: God dispenses perfect justice.

We refuse to believe that this present world is the sum total of human existence.

I really enjoyed reading the writings of Fredrick Buechner, I havent read anything by him in probably a decade but about 20 years ago I read four or five books of his and it helped me.