Curiosity is an enormous challenge to godly living.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.

The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.

God is enough like us to understand our problems and enough above us to be able to solve them.

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

Every demonstration of God's faithfulness to us is an opportunity for us to testify of Him to others.

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Don't do stuff that freaks him out, like what you're doing now. Do something that makes him happy.

Silence is a virtue in those who are deficient in understanding.

I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.

Human beings are the center of the universe from only one perspective, and that is our own.

Domesticity and all that isn't really for me.

Well, this is good for me, this is experience, I am here for a reason, these moments run into pages, the seamy side of life.

It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

Stop telling God how big your problems are and start telling your problems how big your God is.

Why do we have such a finite capacity for pleasure but an infinite one for pain?