The entire religion revolves around acknowledging the truth and then acting upon it.
Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.
The silence that makes it possible to hear God speak also makes it possible for us to hear the world's words for what they really are - tinny and unconvincing lies.
The life of faith isn't meant for tourists. It's meant for pilgrims.
The Latin words humus, soilearth, and homo, human being, have a common derivation, from which we also get our word 'humble. ' This is the Genesis origin of who we are: dust - dust that the Lord God used to make us a human being. If we cultivate a lively sense of our origin and nurture a sense of continuity with it, who knows, we may also acquire humility.
Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.
God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves.
I've never done a kissing scene with someone even when you're friends. I mean that sort of even makes it weirder. If you don't know them or like them at all, you can kind of put some weird like. . . I don't know. It's the strangest thing. Look at the person next to you and imagine making out with them now, while I film it.
I've had to realize I need to distance myself a bit from relying on the feedback. I think it's wonderful but can also be poison. You don't want to buy into it too much.
It's important to build a personal brand because it's the only thing you're going to have. Your reputation online, and in the new business world is pretty much the game, so you've got to be a good person. You can't hide anything, and more importantly, you've got to be out there at some level.
A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.