It's service, not status, that counts.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

I’ve noticed that whenever institutions claim to be confident of anything it means the complete opposite.

The wish for healing has always been half of health.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid.

You can just sit and space out. A lot of people do that and think they are doing a wonderful meditation.

My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.

I asked my hairdresser what would look good on me. She says a Los Angeles Rams football helmet.

The less people know about what is really going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority.

In life there are certain sores which, like a kind of canker, slowly erode the soul in solitude.

A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed to create one small white pigeon or three normal-sized billiard balls.