Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Remember how far you’ve come, and you won’t have to rely on a destiny for your future. It will come on your own.

My life is never empty because my heart is always full.

To accomplish the best you can, first aim for the best you can't.

One of the ability of humility is the ability to take the second place without striving for self-promotion

Better be a desperate single with many options than a desperate married with no option.

I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.

Most Americans do not like poetry. We may respect it, but we do not enjoy it.

The thing of playin' and singin' never bothered me.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

The number of such as live without the ardour of inquiry is very small, though many content themselves with cheap amusements, and waste their lives in researches of no importance.