I won't stick around to see how much temptation I can take. God is not impressed with my ability to stand up to sin. He is more impressed by the obedience I show when I run from it.

‎True love isn't expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.

When you let God be God you can let humans be humans. When we place God in His rightful place in our lives, we don't struggle so much when human relationships let us down.

Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now. We have to remember that the right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.

The most romantic things a man can do for a woman are the little things that let her know that she's on his mind and in his heart.

When God knows you're ready for the responsibility of commitment, He'll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.

True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise.

Courtship is a commitment - it's a promise not to play games with another person's heart.

But remember, continuing a wrong relationship only increases the pain when it finally does end.

Our hearts lie. Something can 'feel' right and be completely wrong.

Living to glorify God means doing everything... for Him, His way, to point to His greatness and to reflect His goodness.

Life is neither a feast nor a fun. But a fast.

It's by stooping that fingers create a fist, and by standing tall that they give us open palms.

The novella will be called, I think, “The Messiah of Stockholm.” It takes place in Stockholm. I’d better say no more, or the Muse will wipe it out.

I want a book to contain a world - indeed the world. Writing is my main means of engagement with the world and I want the scars of that engagement to be left in the language.

You cannot understand the teacher or their teaching without understanding the person the teacher is.

You can't take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud.

Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.

I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.

People who harbor strong convictions without evidence belong at the margins of our societies, not in our halls of power.

The seeds of great victory lie in minor triumphs.