Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.

The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.

We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.

The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.

Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.

I have been seized by the power of a great affection.

Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.

The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.

Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful.

A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul.

And though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance

When the world shifts its focus on heart over mind, we will finally experience a beautiful global village for our children.

Water is such a lifesaver into which we cannot breathe but without taking it into us we cannot live

To become a true global citizen, one must abandon all notions of otherness and instead embrace togetherness.

You're a dangerous fool who should be sent west, " he told the unconscious man. "You have forgotten the face of your father.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are you aren't.

To be Master of the Universe (in other words, to be master of your own personal universe) choose "what is so".

It is the fate of every great achievement to be pounced upon by pedants and imitators who drain it of life and turn it into an orthodoxy which stifles all stirrings of originality.

Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible.

I'd rather be No. 2 in Chile and No. 1 in the world.

If you remix, people want to tap into your sound. If you keep that to yourself it makes the sound more special.