Holiness is not something we are called upon to do in order that we may become something; it is something we are to do because of what we already are.

The Christian faith is ultimately not only a matter of doctrine or understanding or of intellect, it is a condition of the heart.

Always respond to every impulse to pray. The impulse to pray may come when you are reading or when you are battling with a text. I would make an absolute law of this: always obey such an impulse.

Faith is the refusal to panic.

The nearer a man gets to God, the greater he sees his sin.

Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself?

If you look at your past and are depressed it means that you are listening to the devil.

The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.

There is nothing more foolish or self-defeating than for a Christian to say that he is not interested in doctrines.

The glory of the gospel is that when the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it.

The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.

You will always find all the time you need in the world to do what you love. If you can’t find the time, it’s not important for you

Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones.

Picking up the pieces of a shattered dream is better than having no pieces to pick up at all.

If writing is your passion, write and don’t let anyone else convince you otherwise. You don’t need to quit your day job to do it. Create a realistic schedule and stick with it.

Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying, but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?

You cannot break me.

I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time.

I will come back to you, I swear I will; And you will know me still. I shall be only a little taller Than when I went.

We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water. We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves. A pattern is a message, and may be transmitted as a message.

I was raised to stand up for myself, if I feel I'm in the right. Maybe it would have been best if I'd just gone home with my swollen cheek.