I think the things we want most in life, the things we think will set us free, are not the thing we need.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

I wasn't a very good student. I prefer to learn by experience.

Nature does not always conform to our predispositions and preferences, to what we deem comfortable and easy to understand.

And when he catches me looking at him, he gives me this incredibly sweet, calm smile, and I think that we've got our lives ahead of us, our whole lives.

There are very few institutions that give prizes to people who may not have got to be number one, but are possibly better at coaxing the best out of others.

If Jesus bore the cross, and died on it for me, ought I not to be willing to take it up for Him?

The urge to consume is fathered by the value system which emphasizes the ability of the society to produce.

If we don't believe in Americans, who will? I do believe. I've seen it in the people of our very typical corner of the nation.

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

I worked in a health food store once. A guy asked me, 'If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet?