I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.

All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.

Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.

Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God.

If we desire our souls to be sanctify, we shall hunger for the Truth.

Teasing is very often a sign of inner misery.

It’s all about balance. Balancing exercise, food, and life. No excesses.

My deservedness is more than your expectation.

Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside.

I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my wife says I look like I just came home from a funeral. This is not bragging. This is an illness.

And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.

Patrick Henry didn't say, "Give me safety, or give me death."

Love of country follows from the exercise of its freedoms, not from pride in its fleets or its armies.

God is not satisfied with appearance. God wants the garment of justice. God wants his Christians dressed in love.