Beware not to get caught up in the thick of thin things.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.

They want to be stimulated. They want to read something that can get under their skin and hang out there for a while.

I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.

Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness.

If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

He will wipe the tears from all faces.' It takes nothing from the loveliness of the verse to say that is exactly what will be required

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

The key is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them.

When you have once taken up a responsibility, you must see it through.

My friends sometimes call me "Alamanci" (Turkish for German) But it actually doesn't matter to me. I would more likely consider myself a Turkish person who grew up in Germany.