Americans as no one else in the Old World are looking ahead and are future-minded without the limitations of traditions and can look ahead without the burdens of the past.

God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.

Christian hope does not promise successful days to the rich and the strong, but resurrection and life to those who must exist in the shadows of death. Success is no name of God. Righteousness is.

The truth of human freedom lies in the love that breaks down barriers.

Hope is lived when it comes alive, when we go outside of ourselves and, in joy and pain take part in the lives of others.

Capitalism, racism and inhuman technocracy quietly develop in their own way. The causes of misery are no longer to be found in the inner attitudes of men, but have long been institutionalized.

Personal, inner change without a change in circumstances and structures is an idealist illusion, as though man were only a soul and not a body as well.

Passion is loving something enough to suffer for it.

Totally without hope, one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live.

Jesus' healings are not supernatural miracles in a natural world. They are the only truly 'natural' things in a world that is unnatural, demonized and wounded.

That is why faith, wherever it develops into hope, causes not rest but unrest, not patience but impatience.... Those who hope in Christ can no longer put up with reality as it is.

People use people according to their own needs. Or don't use them. When a primary need is one of safety.

Every challenge you conquer, will make you courageous.

The Bible, divine thoughts of God.

Come right out and say you want it: “It’s been great hearing you talk about the position. I’d love to work here, and I think I could do a terrific job for you.

When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way.

the mistakes you regret the most in your life are the ones you didn't commit when you had the chance

The nation is only as strong as the collective strength of its individuals.

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

I never want to draw attention to myself, but that's all I do.