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

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.

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.

I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.

They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.

If you don't believe in yourself, who will?' ~Maybeck

There’s risk inherent in most things that matter.

We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.

The day has the color and the sound of winter. Thoughts turn to chowder...chowder breathes reassurance. It steams consolation.

I was tired and I think a lot of people are tired of watching other countries ripping off the United States.

How could you stop loving me?

I am pleased to launch the Friends of Thailand Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea.

The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul.