Church is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.

Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.

If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.

Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.

The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings

Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.

If God answers 'Yes', He is increasing your faith. If 'Wait', He is increasing your patience. If 'No', He has something better for you.

I felt for the tormented whirlwindsDamned for their carnal sinsCommitted when they let their passions rule their reason.

Loneliness and desperation are only possible when we have lost touch with our beauty within.

drenching his shirt with saltwater

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

All neurotics seek the religious

Without madness what is man But a wholesome beast, Postponed corpse that begets?

Never use God to hurt yourself.

Even the best-natured people, if uninstructed, are always blind and uncertain. We must take pains to instruct ourselves so that ignorance makes us neither too timid nor too bold.

Outside literature, high-flown sentiments are merely exasperating.

There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.