“A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up.”

“The mechanic says, "If you're male and you're Christian and living in America, your father is your model for God. And if you never know your father, if your father bails out or dies or is never at home, what do you believe about God?”

“If you're male, and you're Christian and living in America, your father is your model for God. And sometimes you find your father in your career.”

“listen, God is not some little genie or a vending machine. And is not just worth it because he makes your life all better, but He's with you. God wants so much more for your life than fine”

“There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.”

“Marriage is so unlike everything else. There is something even awful in the nearness it brings. Even if we loved someone else better than - than those we were married to, it would be no use. I mean, marriage drinks up all our power of giving or getting any blessedness in that sort of love. I know it may be very dear, but it murders our marriage, and then the marriage stays with us like a murder, and everything else is gone.”