If you wait until your motives are pure and unselfish before you do something, you will wait forever.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

...Every life contains a novel.

I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?

As you think so you act.

If you ever go bar hopping, who do you want to take with you? You want a slightly uglier version of yourself. Similar ... but slightly uglier.

There are still hundreds of question marks to be answered

Welcome to the real world, she said to me. Condescendingly. Take a seat. Take your life. Plot it out in black and white.

If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.

Love what you do and do what you love.

We cannot evolve faster than our language. The edge of being is the edge of meaning, and somehow we have to push the edge of meaning. We have to extend it.