The lesson that has been hardest for me to learn: there is nothing to prove.

The hardness of the human heart makes no sense.

Grace is when you know you're loved exactly as you are.

Take faith, for example. For many people in our world, the opposite of faith is doubt. The goal, then, within this understanding, is to eliminate doubt. But faith and doubt aren't opposites. Doubt is often a sign that your faith has a pulse, that it's alive and well and exploring and searching. Faith and doubt aren't opposites, they are, it turns out, excellent dance partners.

It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

When the lab rats hear the bell ringing, they freeze. That's what fear does to you - fear stops you dead in your tracks. Fear can keep you from harm, but fear can also rob you of your potential. Fear can rob you of an experience. Fear can rob you of happiness. Fear can rob you of real life... Darkness has a way of scaring us.

Questions are not scary. What is scary is when people don’t have any. What is tragic is faith that has no room for them.