"It is a quiet truth that every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 8 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 35."

"Do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 53 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 62."

"I go to church too, y'all. And I've heard it, too. And I want to say to all of our faith leaders out there that I understand that probably in my Baptist church in Maryland, it is not likely that there will be performed - in my church - gay marriages."

"I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It's listed as part of the poetic training, you know."

"People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people."

"The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God."