Human beings are special. We're creatures (we're not little gods), but we're also more than creatures. In fact, we're the most wonderful creatures in the world next to God.

Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.

If the unborn is a human person, no justification for abortion is adequate.

Wisdom is an artful method—a skillful, tactical, fair, and diplomatic use of knowledge.

We want to be on the offensive without being offensive.

Our value is built into us, and nothing and no one can take it away.

An alternate explanation is not a refutation.

I want people to see that Christianity claims to be true in the deep sense, and if it isn't, then it solves nothing at all.

Whenever someone tries to deny the truth, ultimately, reality betrays him.

Trouble, hardship, difficulty, pain, suffering, conflict, tragedy, evil - they're all part of the [Christian] Story. Indeed, the problem of evil is the reason there's any Story at all.

Man had freedom to choose the good, but this same freedom also allowed him to choose the bad. This is called moral freedom.

The world seems to have certain criteria with which it judges the value of people.

I am a man of peace God knows how I love peace but I hope I shall never be such a coward as to mistake oppression for peace.

Am I willing to go to Mars? Yes, but I'm not willing to spend nine months getting there, then wait 18 more months until the planets align to come home.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

Oh that moment when Daniel thought he’d lost her to Cam’s starshot! His wings hat felt too heavy to lift. Colder than death. In that instant , he’d given up all hope.

Ideas in a void have never appealed to me; action must follow thought or political life is meaningless.

I liked girls with pale skin because I am a California boy, tanned and blonde hair.

It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours.

Few are fit to be entrusted with themselves.

Your life has been intentionally designed by God to have a uniquely significant and eternal impact on the world around you.