No matter how little you have, you can always give some of it away.

Of course you'll encounter trouble. But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door of hope.

God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope.

Those who never rebelled against God or at some point in their lives shaken their fists in the face of heaven, have never encountered God at all.

Once we recognize our need for Jesus, then the building of our faith begins. It is a daily, moment-by-moment life of absolute dependence upon Him for everything

The purpose of all prayer is to find God's will and to make that our prayer

God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking.

So once I shut down my privilege of disliking anyone I choose and holding myself aloof if I could manage it, greater understanding, growing compassion came to me.

Some of what I wrote bordered on blasphemy....If there was a God, He would have to be truth. And in that case, candor--however impertinent--would be more pleasing to Him than posturing.

Acceptance says, True, this is my situation at the moment. I'll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I'll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me.

The only time I ever find my dealings with God less than clear-cut is when I'm not being honest with Him. The fuzziness is always on my side, not His.

Between the beach and the big breaking waves about a quarter mile off was a stretch of bumpy, glistening reef, its usual blanket of water pulled back by a celestial hand.

We have at our fingertips every pleasure that man is capable of enjoying, and man has abused every gift God ever gave him.

It is not yours to finish the task but neither are you free to take no part in it.

The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

I may be the type who manages to grab all the pointless things in life but lets the really important things slip away.

Life is not a plot; it's in the details.

Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?

[Castro is] a source of inspiration to the world.

Thus worshiping, serving, studying, praying, each in its own way squeezes selfishness out of us; pushes aside our preoccupations with the things of the world.

The single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It's simple: to master money, you must manage money.