One of the most convicting things I have recently come to realize about Jesus is that He was never, not once, in a hurry.

Prayer makes no sense apart from waiting.

But grace and effort are not opposites. Grace and earning are opposites.

Silence is the room we create for the searching of God, where we hear His voice and follow.

Love can’t cover over the sins we cover up…If you want God and others to cover over your sin, stop covering it up.

Laughter—just good bone-shaking, belly-jiggling, light-in-the-head laughter, is a sure sign of health. The only one who hates it is Satan and all his wannabes.

The Pharisees had an ethic of avoidance, and Jesus had an ethic of involvement.

Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.

Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel says we are who we are because of what we learn and what we remember. Who am I, then, if my memory is impaired?

You're not supposed to laugh at your own father. Ever.

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

Oh, there at last, life's trials past, / We'll meet our loved ones more, / Whose feet have trod the path to God, -- / Not lost, but gone before.

It's guff. It doesn't advance the action. It makes for nice fat books such as the American market thrives on, but it doesn't actually get you anywhere.

Being homeless is awful, but if you've ever tried to wrestle a duvet cover back onto a comforter you realise it's not without it's benefits.

Think of the world as a loving place that is designed to give you everything that you need.

There's a conflicted look in Day's eyes, a joy and a grief, that makes him so vulnerable. I realize how little defense he has against my words. He loves so wholly. It is his nature.

If you eat three times a day, you become fat. If you read three times a day, you become wise. It's better to be wise than fat.