If God came to save the world, why are so many of His professed followers intent on damning it?.

Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews….

I have Tourettes syndrome..

The universe is a trillion, trillion threads moving in seemingly unrelated directions. Yet when you look at them together, they create a remarkable t….

I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I have dozens of them just….

People can become so blinded by their own perceived victimhood that they make victims of everyone around them..

We stone our prophets, then build monuments to them after they're gone..

The shackles of belief, when reinforced by fear, are difficult to break free from and rarely done..

It's almost as difficult to believe that someone with so many trials could harbor such hope, as that there are those with so much advantage who harbo….

You should always be careful of what you say in parting..

Heroes rarely look the way we draw them in our minds: attractive, imposing figures with rippling muscles and strong chins. More times than not they a….

The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen..

Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells..

Leah taught me that the greatest secret of life is that we find exactly what we're looking for. In spite of what happens to us, ultimately we decide ….

It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest..

There are far too many people for us to think about each of them during our short stay on earth—like the thousands of books in a library we haven’t t….

I see people getting so caught up in celebrating diversity that they are neglecting their commonality. I don't see this as a good thing. The Chinese ….

I am a believer in angels, though not the picture-book kind with wings and harps. Such angelic accoutrements seem as nonsensical to me as devils spor….

I am facing the most difficult thing of my life, my own greatest failure..

When I think of God I feel like an ant crawling into a computer..

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain..