It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

If you love yourself, you will be happy because you will always have your own company and attention

I went to medical school because I wanted to ask the big questions. Do we have a soul? Does God exist? What happens after death?

Should alcoholics go to liquor stores?

The stranger who receives the rare gift of human kindness holds its value in his heart forever.

There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was.

Rich grandparents get more attention than poor grandparents.

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

My mother used to say, If other people have a problem with you, that's their problem. It's not your problem. I still have that philosophy today.

The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way.