Rather than saying 'I hate mess', it might draw more compassion to say, 'mess terrifies me as a harbinger of catastrophe'..

One of God's central qualities is compassion, a word that in Hebrew is related to the word for "womb." Not only is compassion a female image suggesti….

With each new album: I need to kill the last version of me..

When you're younger, you get shoved a lot. You don't really have a say-so..

As warriors, as humanitarians, they've taught me that without courage, compassion falters, and that without compassion, courage has no direction..

Wanderlust is incurable..

There was always something that meant more to you than me..

There is only one El Hombre and that is Stan Musial..

The closer you get to God, the more you become yourself..

The telephone is an antiquity - you never know who is calling, there is no image, it is an outmoded product which constantly disrupts work..

I've learned that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved..

Some things are worth the splurge..

Yes, Maxon," I whispered. "It’s possible..

As thy days, so shall thy strength be..

The playful search for beauty..

I would never kill somebody, unless they pissed me off..

Things that I would say or would like to saw are just easier to sing about and put out there in music..

Faith that doesn't affect your life isn't really faith..

How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish to be truste….

It can always get worse..

I have more faith now than I ever had before..