Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.

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.

One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.

Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.

Life's a story don't you doubt. Bad times give you something to talk about.

How can they say my life isn't a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?

Apparently it's cool to watch The Daily Show.

The manifestation of Truth is a mystery of Love, just as, conversely, the content of Love is a mystery of Truth.

I'd love to have a fashion range; I've been dressed by the amazing Vivienne Westwood, and fashion is something I'm a huge fan of.

The lost are never saved by confessing and the saved are never restored by believing.

O Sacrament of Love! O sign of Unity! O bond of Charity! He who would have Life finds here indeed a Life to live in and a Life to live by.

I read more and more and I came across this character, Caroline Weldon. Sometimes in history, you find these people that no one would dare create. They're too mad.