The Spiritual disciplines are wisdom and not righteousness.

The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become. That's what you will take into eternity.

We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.

Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?

One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.

Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It's the person you become.

The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior comes from...Circumcision of the heart.

This is my war, and I don't know what side I'm on.

Be careful when rising to the top. Be more careful when you get there. The higher you go, the riskier it gets. Be careful. Be very careful.

The best way to be beautiful is to choose your parents well.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation.

I am not really a writer. I am just someone who is haunted, and I will write the hauntings down.

Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.

When you hit bottom, the only place left to go is up.

My girlfriend and I never let each other forget how much we love each other. It's all about reminding the other person how important and special she is to you.