“What obstacle are you facing? Ask God for breakthrough thinking. Don't think about small changes. Think radically.”

“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”

“If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.”

“We need God in ways we do not know. Don't limit your experience of God to what you can think to ask. Ask for the unknown joy.”

“Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.”

“Are you telling me you think Ranger's a superhero?'
Think about it. We don't know where he lives. We don't know anything about him.'
Superheroes are make-believe.'
Oh yeah?' Lula said. 'What about God?”

“I don't think you change Washington from the inside. I think you change it from the outside.”

“A Korean reporter once asked me, "Do you think your Korean parents are ashamed because you talk about what you talk about on stage?" I said, "I don't think they're ashamed because they're Korean. I think any parents would be ashamed."”

“He looks," Simon had once said to Isabelle, "like he's thinking about something deep and meaningful, but if you ask him what it is, he'll punch you in the face.”

“You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.”