Jesus came to give us life to the very edges of life.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

Always be open to inspiration. You never know where it may come from. Begin with an open mind, end with an inspired heart.

Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a lot of mindless conformity.

Scientists announced that they have located the gene for alcoholism. Scientists say they found it at a party, talking way too loudly.

Today for the first time, at least in this country, you don't have to use those powers to survive. Our societal structure now provides the possibility to survive without using sexual manipulation.

'Juno' really changed things for me and I get a lot of screenplays come in now, but I like to self-generate and I like to kind of pursue my own ideas. And I think the more personal the better.

I'm weird. I still believe that when you do good deeds, you get something back in return. That's why I really enjoy helping other guys succeed.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .

The artist spends the first part of his life with the dead, the second with the living, and the third with himself.

Attachment is the root of all suffering.