The cross is not a detour or a hurdle on the way to the kingdom, nor is it even the way to the kingdom; it is the kingdom come.

The relationship between the obedience of Gods people and the triumph of Gods cause is not a relationship of cause and effect but one of cross and resurrection.

The church is called to be now what the world is called to be ultimately

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

For me, good films and good books are irreducible to a lesson. You can't just kind of translate them into one statement. On the contrary, the more you do that, the less wisdom in art there is.

Hatred doesn't just hurt the people being hated, it hurts the people housing the hatred

I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.

Contentment is knowing you're right

A good hitting instructor is able to mold his teaching to the individual. If a guy stands on his head, you perfect that.

I’m the Renee Zellweger now. Jewel is the me now. There is no more Jewel.

Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

That a viewer does not see what the artist intended does not make the composition a failure... In reality all artists speak first to themselves and then to an audience.