I determined to learn to pray so that my experience conforms to the words of Jesus rather than try to make his words conform to my impoverished experience.

Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life.

The Bible is the means through which we are introduced to Jesus and invited to follow Him in the life of humility and service.

Do you love me?” His voice rang flat in his own ears, deadened and weighted with the recognition there was only one chance, and a fool’s chance at that

As far as Samson was concerned I was just another foreigner in pursuit of a lunatic quest.

Go on... make a difference.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.

If you do the best work you can, the reward is ultimately your self-satisfaction - the sense that you have done the best you can. And then there's that piece of how others respond.

I want a shot for people like me to grow up and do something with themselves.

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

We have to fight radical Islam wherever it exists. It’s in Afghanistan, it’s in Saudi Arabia, throughout the Middle-East in big numbers and it’s in the United States.

Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life generally.

My country is taking over in tennis