It is a form of generational narcissism to change texts to suit one's own needs.

God's image…is found not best in individual humans, but in humans as they relate to each other.

As a human being, the way Jesus responded to God in faithful obedience and gave his life in service to other humans-is the pattern for all authentic humanity renewed by the Spirit of God.

Any profession of faith…entrusts the mind and heart to a truth that cannot be proven but can be lived.

Doubt is like a current you have to swim against, one that saps your strength.

It's good to dream. We can't out-give God. We can't out-love him, and we can't out-dream him.

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

The food is excellent. The beer is cold. The sun nearly always shines. There is coffee on every corner. Life doesn’t get much better than this.

Goodness transcends badness.

Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities.

While I disagree with our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, I have nothing but respect and admiration for the men and women deployed in these places.

I don't care how you photograph - use the kitchen mop if you must, but if the product is not true to the laws of photography... you have produced something that is dead. (1923)

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one 's own heart.)

If I have to hold a note for a long time, I imagine it as moving and spinning, for the note has to have life. In a way, a singer actually refreshes a note with every beat that it's held.