The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?

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 greatest feeling is the fulfillment of dreams.

The violence between women is unbelievable...women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.

Often Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

If Jesus had been a hunchback, they could hardly have nailed him to the cross.

You have to not listen to the nay sayers because there will be many and often they'll be much more qualified than you and cause you to sort of doubt yourself.

Any time you try to apply conventional techniques to Donald Trump, you're going to be disappointed.

I'll never admit that I'm an actor, because the next horrible follow-up question is always, "Oh, what have I seen you in?"

I got lost in the night, without the light of your eyelids, and when the night surrounded me I was born again: I was the owner of my own darkness.

Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion.

Life is as inexorable as the sea.