Believe that there is a purpose in your pain.

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.

An untested faith is an unreliable faith.

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.

Her wedding ring, her gentle brush-offs, and her outright rejection had been minor obstacles compared to the big no of another man kissing her cheek.

No matter what level of your ability you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime.

The great need to grasp principles had caused me to spend most of my time on fruitless persuits.

We definitely aren't very good at staying in one place. There's not a domesticated bone in my body.

If the Qur'an was the word of God, it had been dictated on a very bad day.

Beyond happiness and unhappiness is truth. Truth is not affected by anything in the relative world. Truth is the unifying aspect of existence.

Anything goes and nothing matters.

A person may come into full harmony with the formless substance by entertaining a lively and sincere gratitude for the blessings it bestows upon him.

Quotations cause all kinds of trouble.