A vision we give to others of who and what they could become has power when it echoes what the spirit has already spoken into their souls.

The core problem is not that we are too passionate about bad things, but that we are not passionate enough about good things.

The real power in helping somebody to be transformed is not to do something to them but to join with them.

We can't always make life work. But we can always draw near to God. There is a different way to approach our problems. There is a NEW WAY to live.

The problem sincere Christians have with God often comes down to a wrong understanding of what this life is meant to provide.

The goal of our sanctification is that we place Christ on display in the way we love others.

It is the understanding of others and the awareness of their needs, that the ambassador of CHRIST should strive to cultivate

Following Christ is a wild adventure full or risk, frustration, excitement, and setbacks. It is not an evening stroll in a planned community along a well-manicured path.

I've practiced centering prayer. I've contemplatively prayed. I've prayed liturgically... I've benefited from each, and I still do. In ways you'll see, elements of each style are still with me.

The degree to which we openly express our feelings should be governed, not by fear of reprisal, but by our commitment to loving others.

I hear Jesus telling us to stop negotiating with Him, to stop offering something we think we have in exchange for His blessings.

The idea of the original had no place.

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds, it will get you nowhere.

When I wake up in the morning, I meditate immediately, before I even get out of bed.

I created a tone for network television that they hadn't really been seen before. And I have to admit that was really more of an accident. I was just writing the way I write.

Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.

In terms of my own film experience, I'm definitely used to morose and very heavy, heavy dramas.

I don't go into a movie with preconceived notions of where I want things to go.

There is but one mode by which man can possess in perpetuity all the happiness which his nature is capable of enjoying, - that is by the union and co-operation of all for the benefit of each.

Art is borne out of necessity. Music is a tool and men are doers. When a relationship is working, you don't need to write a song-you need to get toilet paper.

Though I'm a rogue in talking upon Painting & Love I can be serious and honest upon any subject thoroughly pleasing to me.