If we are right on the inside, we will address these issues straight-forwardly and take a stand on them, and, if necessary, die for them. We will be that committed.

The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become. That's what you will take into eternity.

We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.

Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?

One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.

Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It's the person you become.

The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from...Circumcision of the heart.

Let the sunrise of every morning bring you the light of love and joy.

What would you do if you were courageous?

Here they learned to Wait. To Watch. To think thoughts and not voice them.

I want to do everything in the world that can be done.

Life is the risk we cannot refuse.

Even when it comes to writing fiction, how do you encompass all this stuff that's right on the tip of your tongue? You have to fold that into what you're working on.

Angels rush in when fools are almost dead.

I wonder if to stare into the face of God will drive me crazy. (I wonder who would blink first.)

Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?

Smile doesn't mean that someone is happy. Sometimes it just means that you're strong.