I think a lot of people view the death penalty as a debate class or something. The cost and what's at stake is really, really a big deal.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

I could not love thee dear so much Loved I not honour more.

I'm a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl.

Stand by your bed and salute me.

I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.

It is white. - when asked what the White house was like by a student in East London

Science doesn't purvey absolute truth. Science is a mechanism... for testing your thoughts against the universe.

The city that has speed has success.

But theres a huge blessing that comes from being a part of a show like The Cosby Show that sets such a high standard of quality - it touched so many people on so many different levels.

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.