"Kinkade estimated that one of his paintings hung in every twenty homes in America. Yet the art world unanimously ignores or reviles him. Me included."

"It is a humble truth that a leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a steadfast truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A life well-lived is a testament that the beauty of life is found in its imperfections."

"If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless."

"As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul when death is immanent what can you do?"

"I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one."

"The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work."