Every moral act of love, of mercy, and of sacrifice brings to pass the end of the world where hatred, cruelty, and selfishness reign supreme.

Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.

Perhaps the saddest thing to admit is that those who rejected the Cross have to carry it, while those who welcomed it are so often engaged in crucifying others.

The creation of the world is not only a process which moves from God to humanity. God demands newness from humanity; God awaits the works of human freedom.

The enslaving of the other is also the enslaving of the self.

Utopias now appear much more realizable than one used to think. We are now faced with a different new worry: How to prevent their realization.

The meaning of conservatism is not that it impedes movement forward and upward, but that it impedes movement backwards and downwards—to chaotic darkness and the return to a primitive state.

Freedom is the power to create out of nothing, the power of the spirit to create out of itself.

Death, that final evil, is one of the paths to eternity. Endless life in the conditions of our existence would be a nightmare.

The overwhelming majority of people, including Christians, are materialists. They do not believe in the power of spirit. They believe only in material power.

Creativity is the supreme mystery of life, the mystery of the appearance of something new, hitherto unknown, derived from nothing, proceeding from nothing, born of nothing other.

I had a dream about you. We couldn't decide on a sunrise. You wanted a tan, I only cared about the view. Then World War III fulfilled both our desires.

Mistakes don’t make you a failure, but beating yourself up makes you feel like one.

Self-affirm—build yourself up with honest and genuine praise.

I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food.

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.

I'd rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God, than on the throne of England, out of the will of God.

Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields, not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps.

If your church conveys that spirit of condescension or judgment, it's likely not a place where grace is on tap.

I tried to never exclude people. I know what it means to be left out.

We drove for the sheer fun of driving because there wasn't that much money to be made.