Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.

There's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve Him, boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him.

Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.

Our high and privileged calling is to do the will of God in the power of God for the glory of God.

The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away.

To know that nothing happens in God's world apart from God's will may frighten the godless, but it stabilizes the saints.

Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ's sheep.

The stars may fall, but God's promises will stand and be fulfilled.

The measure of all love is its giving. The measure of the love of God is the cross of Christ.

The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested wisdom of God

There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.

You should feel good about yourself because of your accomplishments. Not because somebody yelled at you to feel good about yourself.

For me to stay healthy in a relationship, the individuals have to nurture themselves

I do not miss ITV, God no! Have you seen ITV lately?

Imagine if you could never fail.

I think I've been really lucky to keep my career so varied, and to be open. There's safety in repetition, but there's also a trap there.

There's a side of me that identifies with Aileen Wuornos.

You can write a letter with a typewriter, a pencil, or a crayon. What you have to say is the important thing.

I didn't know there were so many ghosts in [New] York.

A poem is an invocation, rebellious return to the blessedness of beginning again, wandering free in pure process of forgetting and finding.

My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.