Rachel Held Evans:

The first thing I noticed while reading through Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John was that Christians who claim to take the Bible literally or who say they obey all of his teachings without "picking and choosing" are either liars or homeless.

Evolving in Monkey Town, p. 103

Larry Kramer:

We must understand and confront the unprecedented.

Randy Pausch:

It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.

The Last Lecture, p. 117

Jeff Pearlman:

One of the greatest things about morality is how those who claim to act on its behalf are often the ones drinking from the emptiest cups.

Sports Illustrated, "Belmont gets it all wrong in ousting woman's soccer coach Lisa Howe"

David Bayles & Ted Orland:

Making art depends upon noticing things -- things about yourself, your methods, your subject matter.

Art & Fear, p. 109

John Updike:

What art offers is space -- a certain breathing room for the spirit.

Audre Lorde:

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

Rachel Held Evans:

It's like, as soon as you're able to step into someone else's shoes or look at the world from a different perspective, everything you believe becomes less certain, or at least less black and white.

Evolving in Monkey Town, p. 85

Hugh MacLeod:

No matter where your adventure takes you, most of what is truly meaningful is still to be found revolving around the mundane stuff you did before you embarked on your adventure. The stuff that'll still be going on long after you and I are both dead, long after our contribution to the world is forgotten. But often, one needs to have that big adventure before truly appreciating how utterly wonderful all that simple, mundane stuff actually is.

Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity, p. 147

Randy Pausch:

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better.

The Last Lecture, p. 88

Wendy Gritter:

For a faith or conviction that is demanded is a weak and unsustainable faith indeed.

Bridging the Gap, "Living Like Jesus & Letting Go of Control"

David Bayles & Ted Orland:

Some people who make art are driven by inspiration, others by provocation, still others by desperation. Artmaking grants access to worlds that may be dangerous, sacred, forbidden, seductive, or all of the above. It grants access to worlds you may otherwise never fully engage.

Art & Fear, p. 108

Oscar Wilde:

It is tragic how few people ever "possess their souls" before they die... Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Audre Lorde:

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

Holbrook Jackson:

Happiness is a form of courage.

Dave Hickey:

Don't let life ruin your day.

Hugh MacLeod:

The size of the endeavor doesn't matter as much as how meaningful it becomes to you.

Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity, p. 146

Randy Pausch:

Brick walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them -- even if someone has practically had to throw you over -- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

The Last Lecture, p. 174

David Bayles & Ted Orland:

In making art you declare what is important.

Art & Fear, p. 108

Dorothy Day:

We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.

Audre Lorde:

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.