The Bible, taken as a whole, can be used to praise or condemn practically any human activity, thought, belief, or practice.

Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: We would be more alive if we did more of this and Life would be more lovely if we did less of that. Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.

That's what depression had wrought inside me: one, vast, barren rock garden-without the garden

The laws against public nudity make no sense. The idea that Jerry Falwell can go topless while Cindy Crawford cannot is an absolute affront to logic, common sense and the 5000 year human struggle for aesthetic taste.

When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland, we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletions is a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.

Stubborness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power.

You can't afford the luxury of a negative thought