Sin is the despairing refusal to find your deepest identity in your relationship and service to God.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Don't forget to give Neville our love!' Ginny told James as she hugged him.!' Neville-'James rolled his eyes.....

The mentally disturbed do not employ the Principle of Scientific Parsimony: the most simple theory to explain a given set of facts. They shoot for the baroque.

Let mental suffering be intense enough, and it becomes a sort of carminative.

Truth can conquer but only beauty can rule.

How come you're so different, I asked once, as we sat in the shade of the pine tree. Yukiko's answer, a sentence learned by heart: Because I fell from a star.

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.

When chess masters err, ordinary wood pushers tend to derive a measure of satisfaction, if not actual glee.

It's a lot of things that play into having a good sneaker store. That's why I never jumped into that field. If I open one, it's going to be a lot of expectations.

I am absolutely delighted at the prospect of joining a world famous club like Inter.

I can kind of picture what I want to do and my body just does it. You feel your way through a trick. I close my eyes sometimes.