Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.

The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God.

For most of us the prayer in Gethsemane is the only model. Removing mountains can wait.

For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.

A concentrated mind and a sitting body make for better prayer than a kneeling body and a mind half asleep.

I hope I do not offend God by making my Communions in the frame of mind I have been describing. The command, after all, was Take, eat: not Take, understand.

A man who first tried to guess 'what the public wants, ' and then preached that as Christianity because the public wants it, would be a pretty mixture of fool and knave

It is no use to ask God with factitious earnestness for A when our whole mind is in reality filled with the desire for B. We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.

We had better share our bewilderments. By hiding them from each other we should not hide them from ourselves.

What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?

If you could observe every thought in your brain the magnitude of it's vastness would drive you insane.

It is necessary for us to have an imperfect freedom so that we can give ... if we cannot give anything to God, we do not have a share in his Spirit, who by his very nature is Gift.

She felt tears slip from beneath her lashes, no matter how she tried to blink them back. Her heart was ablaze. It seemed that her entire life had led to this man, this moment of unexpressed love.

I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.

Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.

The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live.

The women in my family are just strong women who do their own thing, so I knew I needed to have individuals like that.

The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.

Times of hardship can act as both an indicator, as well as a cure, for our broken relationship with our Creator.