I have finally come to realize that it’s being forced to be honest with myself that’s made my pain painful all along.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.

Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are roasted in the fires of divine wisdom.

The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.

The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

I don't want people to see me - I want them to see Jesus.

It is not about mind-watching; but rather recognizing That which watches the mind.

Smile, but not for long, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Patriarchy.

Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting.

Reptilian green the wrinkled throat, Green as a bough of yew the beard; He bent his head, and so I smote