The beginning of men's rebellion against God was and is the lack of a thankful heart.

Our relationship with each other is the criterion the world uses to judge whether our message is truthful - Christian community is the final apologetic.

If we do not show love to one another, the world has a right to question whether Christianity is true.

One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity is not conservative, but revolutionary.

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.

No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.

If Christians win a battle by using worldly means, they have really lost.

Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose - to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.

Art is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God.

We must not only be True. We must be Beautiful.

It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.

Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery, and in such a world hopes could only be irrational.

And so do you suppose it must be a piece-work because it has been given to you (and could only be given to you) in pieces?

Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing; for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we faint not.

We've been at peace about as long as e were at war.

Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.

Well, I wouldn't say that this experience had any influence on my decision to do this film about Andy, because Andy was apolitical. Andy was never political.

It just felt really strange to be in demand

We all either work for rich people or we sell stuff to rich people, so just punishing rich people is as bad for the economy as punishing anyone. Let's not punish anyone.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.