But God has set no traps for us. Quite the contrary. He has summoned us to the only true and full freedom.

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.

Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.

Optimism unaccompanied by personal effort is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.

No one can come and claim ownership of my work. I am the creator of it, and it lives within me.

The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years.

Wave to the haters like nanananana.

The distance between yourself and others should not be greater than your arm’s length.

I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.

In 100 years we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in High School to teaching remedial English in college.

Digestion is one of the most delicately balanced of all human and perhaps angelic functions.

A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make.

The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.