God's loving discipline brings us face-to-face with our pride.

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.

If you close your eyes, you get to control your own darkness.

I'm not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.

Pain is the kiss of Christ.

I desire that on no occasion ... shall demonstrations of a political or religious character be made before my remains.

If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road.

Slightest accidents open up new worlds.

You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don't give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it's almost more pure. It's a cooler thing.

Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral groups.

I teach a course in screenwriting at Columbia, but I've never taken a course and I've never read a book about it!

In an interview, Paris Hilton said that of her and her sister, "People love to hate us. But when you know us, you love us. And if you really get to know us, you get gonorrhea."