Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.

The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God's work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride.

Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship.

Being thin does not equal being happy. I promise you that. You want to lose weight, fine. But do it to be healthy, not because you want to look like the girl on the cover of some magazine.

Life is all about experiencing the good and the bad part of life. Good part gives you good memories and bad part teaches you good lessons in your life.

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.

Throughout my ministry, I have sought to build bridges between Jews and Christians.

I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing.

It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry. People are always on the verge of tears.

There actually are buildings that existed in cyberspace before they built it.

Without a vision our community will perish without Christ, but without a vision the church will perish as well.

I'm a homebody. I'd rather be in the kitchen cooking than hanging out in a bar.

In effective womanly beauty form is more than face, and manner more than either.