A good memory is one of the most precious assets of spiritual living.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.

The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.

God is enough like us to understand our problems and enough above us to be able to solve them.

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

Every demonstration of God's faithfulness to us is an opportunity for us to testify of Him to others.

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.

There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.

The most dangerous irony is, people are angry with others because of their own incompetence.

You are what you eat and read.

A dreamer is a gifted man, who, plucks out his dreams of sparkling stars.

People are so phobic and crazed about this word 'commitment.' It's weird. Everyone has taken this word to a new height of morality.

I find myself continually falling back into wounds, wishes, terrors I thought I had risen beyond.

My favorite jewelry, it's just what I'm feeling at the time.

Births to illegal immigrants now account for nearly one out of every ten births in the United States.

The more one produces, the less one gets.

Honesty is not synonymous with truth.