I find that if I pray for the people I'm most angry with, my anger turns into something more redemptive.

Cheer up: You're a worse sinner than you ever dared imagine, and you're more loved than you ever dared hope.

God wants us to pray that we might have the courage to live before him in ways that are not natural to us.

Worm theology is too high for me.

Get low; grace will meet you there.

Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature.

When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.

Leaders should be the chief repenters.

Cheer up! You're a worse sinner than you ever dared imagine, and you're more loved than you ever dared hope.

May your glass always be full, may there always be a roof over your head, and may you dirty sinners be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead.

Nothing else in the whole wide world matters as much as avenging your sister.

You ought to explore, search and seek the boundless possibilities in life.

The Soul has never become impure not even for a second and if it had become impure then no one in this world would have been able to purify it.

As long as the focus is on God the style of the music is irrelevant.

When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts ... A mother has to think twice once for herself and once for her child.

It is often difficult to watch yourself onscreen, especially 60-feet high. As an actor, it is an uncomfortable experience.

Elections have consequences.

Praise adds nothing to beauty--makes it neither better nor worse.

I'm not a pop act, churning stuff out really quickly. I find the music that arises from that style of working is distracted, not particularly profound.

One film critic back in the early days said "It's a pity Mr. Harryhausen didn't animated the actors, too."

My life is just a never-ending work in progress.