If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody.

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

What we do comes out of who we believe we are.

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

That breath that you just took, that's a gift!

Your vision helps you filter your decisions or choices and directs your actions.

Staring at the light of another blinds the view of our own.

We need to police ourselves in the media.

The only thing experience teaches you is what you can

It is therefore correct to say that the senses do not err — not because they always judge rightly, but because they do not judge at all.

It doesn't matter that you didn't believe in us," said Mr. Ibis. "We believed in you.

I feel that I've grown up a little bit and I'm actually ready to settle down.

Fortunately for me, I'm in this unique business of not singing, not dancing, not performing - just kind of being there.

Life is a loom, weaving illusion.

Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.