An untested faith is an unreliable faith.

In the United States, if one family out of every four churches adopted a child, there would be no orphans in the country

I would rather walk every day in the darkness with a God who remains a mystery to me than in the light with a God I completely understand.

People with depression have something very valuable to teach us... how to live when it doesn't ever feel good.

Believe that there is a purpose in your pain.

Fallen man is both terrified of vulnerability and committed to maintaining independence.

The greatest weapon we have against evil is doing good in Jesus' name.

Joy begins with our convictions about spiritual truths we're willing to bet our lives on, and truths that are lodged so deeply within us that they produce a settled assurance about God.

Kindness has a power to change.

Cannot put a finger on what precedes the other, bachelor/spinsterhood or self-obsession.

Encouragement gives strength to every soul.

To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.

After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor.

My show was revolutionary, ground-breaking. When I came on the scene, people were not doing a thing.

Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.

The sleep of a sick man has keen eyes. It is a sleep unsleeping.

My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.

Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.