God is not a bargaining God. You cannot barter with Him. You must do business with Him on His own terms.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

He prays best who does not know that he is praying.

I will try and make peace between North and South Korea.

The different social forces that affected my parents' lives or my friends' lives or I saw around me became essential for me to write about.

No one predicts the future. No one tries to.

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

Freedom is not only the absence of external restraints. It is also the absence of irresistible internal compulsions, unmanageable passion, and uncensorable highlights.

I'm very bad at having heroes. I don't rate anyone particularly highly because I'm so snide and competitive and not very nice.

Grasp it all, don't be afraid, enjoy the bits you can and tell your family you love them while you have the chance.

Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.