In the same way that a small child cannot draw a bad picture so a child of God cannot offer a bad prayer.

The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God's work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride.

Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship.

Our abilities are reflection of who we truly are

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

And besides, it drives the dragon crazy when you sing about his downfall even though you are bleeding

The teacher has more power than the Minister.

I would still give my left ball to write anything as good as OK Computer.

The idea's the idea: It's about what you do, and not who you are.

I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let's just get out of this mess.

I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises. They'd be happier.

Possessing a correct interpretation of each individual doctrine is not sufficient; we must also learn to hold each doctrine in harmony with the others.

We cannot have foreign governments interceding in our elections.