Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.

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.

Traditional guidelines for manifestation in the three-dimensional world are not enough to ensure manifestation once one has begun the process of energetic evolution.

Many people spend the ends of their lives alone, and probably a lot of years in the middle of their lives, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to experience the rewards of solitude.

The Bible says that the the Lord thy God is a jealous God. But if you are omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, eternal, and the creator of all that exists, of whom could you possibly be jealous?

A real collector does not sell.

I'm always trying to make movies. It's what I love to do more than anything. I love to write and direct.

Anbody can make an easy deal, but only a true agent can sell a dog.

To learn to play seriously is one of the great secrets of spiritual exploration.

Great little One! whose all-embracing birth Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth.

I can't think of very many people who work as hard at the craft of songcraft as Gord Downie does. It was life or death. Every syllable was important.

I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years.