“If it is true, as God says, that we are as we think, we risk becoming what we most fear if our fear is stronger than our love.”

“If sex is a skill, with its attendant expectations, frustrations, and failures, you are graded on performance; if it is an expression of love and commitment, you are not graded at all.”

“The nature of a true seeker after beauty is to overlook flaws.”

“No one can take credit for inspiration or creativity.”

“When God asks a question, it is always rhetorical.”

“Man's strongest instinct is not sex or self-preservation. it's to level the playing field.”

“every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.”

“I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.”

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness an...”

“Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic, one-handed, unwavering; unlike love.”

“Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advoc...”

“Before you hate something you should try to understand it.”

“If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth.”

“We live in an environment in which sexuality is often trivialized and defiled, stripped of its emotional depth and divorced from its sacred root.”