Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves.

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.

The death of a dog may not by some be regarded as a tragedy, but some dogs are more worthy than some men, and can be more justly mourned.

You come from your mauma, you sleep in the bed with her till you're near twenty years grown, and you still don't know what haunches in the dark corners of her.

All my films have always been released in the autumn, maybe because they're more melancholy to people.

It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race.

I can't love you as you have been or will be. I can only love you as you are.

The Anza Borrego Desert is a place of power, where different planes and realities intersect. It is easier to see and enter into other planes here.

The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but grows to the enduring happiness that the love of gardening gives.

My point is not that everything is bad, but that everything is dangerous, which is not exactly the same as bad.

They whispered to Caesar that he was mortal, then sold daggers at half-price in the grand March sale.

I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.