If the Holy Communion touched my teeth, I thought that was a mortal sin
The 'still, small voice' of God never calls on me to be like another man. It appeals to me to rise to my full stature and fulfill the promise that sleeps within my being.
There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?' If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.
We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.
To love is to return to a home we never left, to remember who we are.
I think we're always in the process of writing and rewriting the story of our lives, forming our experiences into a narrative that makes sense. Much of that work involves demythologizing family myths and cultural myths - getting free of what we have been told about ourselves.
I would ask [protesters] to please respect - I'd ask them to please respect the democratic process.
My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone.
So many of my friends have always been women growing up. . . I always feel slightly more comfortable around women because with guys in general there's always more of a danger zone. . . it's very aggressive sometimes the way guys act with each other, putting each other down and calling each other names, so I was always too sensitive for that and used to hang out with the girls. And they were always really funny to me.
There are some things I am afraid of: I am afraid to do a mean thing.