I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.

Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche

Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later.

Don't let not knowing how it'll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.

God never said He'd eliminate all of the chaos from our lives; He just said He'd bring meaning to it.

Selfless love is always costly; fear can't afford it, pride doesn't understand it and friends never forget it.

No one leads people to Jesus; He leads people to Himself. All the pressure's off; just go love everybody without agenda.

Instead of closing our eyes and bowing our heads, sometimes God wants us to keep our eyes open for people in need, do something about it, and bow our whole lives to Him instead.

We won't be distracted by comparison if we're captivated with purpose.

The way we love people we disagree with is the best evidence of what we really believe.

That's what love does - it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you'll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.

one plus one is two

A lot of people are quick to take negative suggestions from others, but slow to act on a positive advice. Yet, they wonder why their lives are very complicated.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

The minute I knew I was in love was the minute when there was no question about it.

It's important for me to get back to my fans here and around the world. I feel very, very blessed that so many people have continued to write me and to pour out their love for me and my work.

Our greatest good, and what we least can spare, Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear.

Death and blood didn’t turn on a vampire. Fear and the chance to take blood did. There was a difference.

I've always felt my role in life was to be a mentor. If I can do that with a younger generation, that's my goal.

People's whole lives do pass in front of their eye before they die. The process is called "Living".

After 1945 what happened was rather the opposite: with one major exception boundaries stayed broadly intact and people were moved instead.