Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.

What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

Whenever I want to laugh, I read a wonderful book, 'Children's Letters to God.' You can open it anywhere. One I read recently said, 'Dear God, thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.'

The divine is God's concern; the human, man's. My concern is neither the divine nor the human, not the true, good, just, free, etc., but solely what is 'mine,' and it is not a general one, but is - 'unique,' as I am unique. Nothing is more to me than myself!

The whole musical institution of the church involves a lot of different styles of communication at the same time. Things like call and response. Sometimes they use the music to pray and work things out. And there's so much repetition in gospel, it's like churning butter.

For me, the real goal is how do we make vibrant and vital faith communities that are sustainable for the long run.