Salvation is the creation of new desires, not just new goodies.

There would be no obstacles to overcome. We won’t fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.

If we were perfect—if there were no remaining corruption in our hearts—there would be no fight. There would be no obstacles to overcome. We won’t fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.

Most of your unhappiness in life comes from the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself.

DOING is often God's remedy for despair.

Absolute statements of our unbelief that we make in the darkness are notoriously unreliable.

By nature, we get more pleasure from God's gifts then from Himself.

The only freedom that lasts comes from pursuing what we want when we want what we ought.

The fight for joy is first and always a fight to see.

Don't make peace with the sin in your life.

Desire for and delight in God's Word are inseparable.

In Malta, the Wars of Religion reached their climax. If both sides believed that they saw Paradise in the bright sky above them, they had a close and very intimate knowledge of Hell.

Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.

My soul is to sell. The dark is too hard to beat 'cause they're calling me.

For me it sounds weird saying that the filmmakers respect the film. I don't imagine that there's other ways to make a film, but unfortunately there is.

Opposites are cures for opposites.

I'm in a war, a cultural war.

I often teach a graduate theater seminar on Greek tragedy in performance. I usually begin by saying that no matter what technological advances occur, the wisdom of these plays will never be obsolete.

If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant.

I believe still today what I have always believed: that God is good, that the world He made is extraordinary, and that His comfort is like nothing else on earth.

Every country in Europe needs immigrants for its economic survival.