People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored.

When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.

All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.

It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write.

This is the way things work sometimes, that good things get ideas from each other, say, well now let’s go ahead and let her have it all.

What begins in fear usually ends in folly.

To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom.

I wore bell bottoms in elementary school. Never wore elephant bells. Remember, this was middle Oklahoma in the '70s.

Picking out Vince Russo's faults could be a full-time job for somebody.

A clear victory of satyagraha is impossible so long as there is ill will.

Change your direction and you will change your destiny

I am more of an old black and white movies fan.