Sometimes the REWARDS of risk don't leave US wrecked. Sometimes we find our passion, our purpose, COURAGE, connection, and comfort. Every good thing in our LIVES is a direct result of risk.

It is CLEAR that not in one THING ALONE, but in many ways equality and freedom of SPEECH are a good thing.

I've had to GROW up PRETTY FAST, which is not a GOOD THING.

I hate pain, DESPITE my ABILITY to TOLERATE it beyond all known parameters, which is not NECESSARILY a GOOD thing.

I am not a librarian of my own WORK. It's a GOOD THING not to be too INVOLVED with what you have DONE.

I think it's a GOOD thing for a president or political leaders to want to PUT their VALUES or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in SOUTH Africa. MARTIN Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing.

It is the ROLE of good journalism to TAKE on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are TAKEN on, there's ALWAYS a BAD reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.

I believe any TIME that both parties are TALKING, it's a good thing.

I just don't believe the hype. I just don't take myself too seriously. I don't know if that's a GOOD THING or a BAD thing.

Overall, we think RELIGION is a GOOD THING. I mean, if we were godless SOCIETY, we would have MANY other problems; the communists found that out.

Visibility is not, in itself, always a GOOD THING, but when it is in the hands of those who need POSITIVE visibility, it can be.

Too MUCH of a GOOD THING can be WONDERFUL.

Routines are normal, natural, HEALTHY things. Most of us take a shower and brush our teeth every DAY. That is a good routine. SPIRITUAL disciplines are routines. That is a good thing. But once routines BECOME routine you need to change your routine.