"Understanding reality is the most important thing because reality doesn't care what you want to be true."

"I don't pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me."

"A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet."

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival."

"God wants a child's heart and a grownup's head."

"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."