Taking delight in random encounters that come our way is a wonderful reminder that God is in control.

Grief is not a problem to be fixed but a process to be lived out.

All of us are embarrassed by some of what we are.

Leadership that is entirely self-directed will always be pathological. The only thing worse than worshipping an idol is to act like an idol.

The only enduring influence we have to offer others is the influence God has in our own lives.

-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!

If a book is worth reading it is worth buying.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

He who prays most receives most.

If we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.

My whole career I'm used to playing a lot of games.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it was the sausage-maker who disposed of the body.

Every time you get rejected, say: 'Next!'

There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.

Even in the early '90s, I was already starting to mix professional actors with non-actors. I always enjoyed working with non-professionals, because their performances are very natural and unaffected.