But freedom starts with honesty. We aren’t doing ourselves any favors by defining our- selves as good and others as bad. Let’s just agree that we all need help, that we are all in this together.

Don't allow the opinions of other people to shape your concept of him. Get to know him yourself, and let the goodness of God change you from the inside out.

Nowhere in the Bible, however, do we find God distinguishing between levels of sin. God doesn't share our rating system. To him, all sin is equally evil, and all sinners are equally lovable.

Grace is God-given power to live differently.

We are often harsher judges than God himself.

The Bible is meant to be down-to-earth. It was written for real people facing real issues.

When we meet grace, it becomes the fuel of our faith. We pray, we read our Bibles, we worship and we live the purest lifestyle we can because we love a person.

It seemed too good to be true. That's grace.

We need to abandon our scale and adopt God's because our misguided labels keep us from the right kind of interaction with people.

Grace is a person. And his name is Jesus.

A moment with Jesus changed everything.

I laugh, and it's laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I've ever known is coming apart.

Live in the moment but just be mindful that you are working towards something.

We must stop chasing dollars, stop lying, stop cheating, stop ignoring art, literature, and all the refining agencies and instrumentalities of civilization.

Integrity is the best of all protectors...we cannot be more secure than when fortified by a good conscience.

Unfortunately, on my father's side we have a nonexistent relationship. But my mother and sister and I live very closely, we remain in the same city and we see each other every day.

When you are too old to play golf, you had better die.

Stuart must have sensed my despair from the way I began lightly banging my forehead on the table.

My music has to do with imaginary things, so I took that concept and used the whole "the music is not the truth" mantra as a way to market myself.

The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all the time.

I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.