Christians know that Christianity is simply extended training in dying early. That is what we have always been about.

Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.

The church doesn’t have a social strategy, the church is a social strategy.

It’s hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God’s new age, a kingdom of surprise.

We don't fall in love and then get married; instead we get married and then learn what love requires.

Never think that you need to protect God. Because anytime you think you need to protect God, you can be sure that you are worshipping an idol.

To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food, but you have the gift of friendship to overwhelm the loneliness that grips the lives of so many.

We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.

Jesus is Lord, and everything else is bullshit.

The courageous have fears that cowards never know.

For Christians do not place their hope in their children, but rather their children are a sign of their hope . . . that God has not abandoned this world.

Art has one purpose, that is to leave you changed. Love has one purpose, that is to create art.

I think writers worry that you might not exist in some strange way if you're not writing.

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it.

It should be a law. Everybody should legally own a gun. In fact, if you're caught outside your house without your gun, you get a ticket. And you get shot in the leg. Just to prove my point.

Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart.

Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation.

God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance.

I like the type of music that can make my heart beat and the melody that makes me high but this type of music isn't popular in Korea.

I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.

You do not have to be The fastest starter. Just be a starter! You will, without fail, Reach your destination-sun.