"Despair gives the shocking ease to the mind that a mortification gives to the body."

“Don't emphasise money if you don't have much; be happy”

“The greater the difficulty to be overcome, the more will it be seen to the glory of God how much can be done by prayer and faith.”

“If all you can promise me is today, I'll take it and hope for tomorrow.”

“The border between the natural and the supernatural, religion and philosophy, may not always be clear. But there are lines, and we should know and accept which side of it we are on.”

“I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.”

“Producers are looking to me to concept full worlds for subjects to compete, play a game show in, win an award, blah blah blah.”

Source : "What goes into designing The Biggest Loser's sets, stages, and chill rooms?". Interview with AVC, tv.avclub.com. June 27, 2016.

“One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them.”

“To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 24, 2014