If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.

Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.

I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.

Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society.

At the end of life, at the end of YOUR life, what essence emerges? What have you filled the world with? In remembering you, what words will others choose?

Caution! Be very careful of false, meaningless, self-contradictory, and not even very funny warnings, like this one.

The will ... is the driving force of the mind. If it's injured, the mind falls to pieces.

I'm from Southern California, so I feel much more comfortable with a golf club in my hand than I do a weapon.

You can be sure you are a man of God if you suffer injustice gladly and in silence.

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

Horror fans need horror, okay? They don't need little worms squirming around going down your throat. To them, that's not horror.

Don't underestimate questions from the crowd; technology has made voters more informed than ever.

It will create an excitement that will sweep the country like wildflowers