A cause that only serves me is much like a door on the edge of a cliff, it doesn’t open to anywhere good.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

Mattresses! Beautiful! Let's go buy a couple of mattresses. Give 'em to people for their birthday.

Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.

Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work.

Things are never as bad as they seem.

Growing old is not a thing to watch. It cannot be forgiven in others. Alone, it can be borne. Even indulged.

Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.

There is no getting around the fundamental fact that we need to interact with everything in order to manifest the wholeness we are born with.

She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her.

Dont worry, Roza, I'm not afraid. I'll take whatever heat they give me over being with you. It's worth it.

In Christ are treasures that will require digging to the end of the world.