Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

Within each of us exists the image of God, however disfigured and corrupted by sin it may presently be. God is able to recover this image through grace as we are conformed to Christ.

The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and emblazoned with symbols of God, our creator and redeemer.

A failure to understand something does not mean it is irrational. It may simply mean that it lies on the far side of our limited abilities to take things in and make complete sense of them.

Christianity israrely understood by those outside its bounds. In fact, this is probably one of the greatest tasks confronting the apologist–to rescue Christianity from misunderstandings.

Suffering does not call into question the "big picture" of the Christian faith. It reminds us that we do not see the whole picture, and are thus unable to fit all of the pieces neatly into place.

Our present world contains clues...to another world-a world which we can begin to experience now, but will only know in all its fullness at the end of things.

Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.

The true believer is not someone who disengages from this world in order to focus on heaven, but rather the one who tries to make this world more like heaven.

We live on earth; our homeland is in heaven.

All the important things in life lie beyond reason... and that's just the way things are.

I am only a dead Sciomancer, but I must warn you of fire and kisses.

When perception will change then today's sadness could be tomorrow’s happiness.

don't fly too close to the sun, " Tess Calls. "you'll burn the tips of your wings. Stay right with me. i'll keep you safe.

If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.

Thought experiment is in any case a necessary precondition for physical experiment. Every experimenter and inventor must have the planned arrangement in his head before translating it into fact.

Facts were never pleasing to him. He acquired them with reluctance and got rid of them with relief. He was never on terms with them until he had stood them on their heads.

I am a restless person.

I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch.

An architect does not need to spend his whole career making monuments for rich people.

There are 80,000 jobs in the wind energy industry right now. And you can quadruple that number, if you have the right policy in place to promote clean energy.