Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.

The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation.

Moses spent forty years thinking he was somebody; forty years learning he was nobody; and forty years discovering what God can do with a nobody.

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.

God doesn't expect the impossible from us. He wants us to expect the impossible from Him!

I'd rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.

Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all.

Real true faith is man's weakness leaning on God's strength.

I have never met a man who has given me as much trouble as myself.

Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the Christian.

He who kneels the most, stands the best.

Forgiveness is accepting someone's faults with love and kindness.

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?

There is a magical dream that fills the gap between birth and death

The method of science is tried and true. It is not perfect, it's just the best we have. And to abandon it, with its skeptical protocols, is the pathway to a dark age.

I miss it if I’m not in it for any length of time

Hopefully one day wars will only be fought in movies and may the best producer win

Today things are better than yesterday.

I weirdly do consider myself an optimist about love.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at this moment exactly proportional to my skill to deal with it. Tomorrow, when I know more, I recall that piece of knowledge and use it better.