The danger is that in reaction to abuses and distortions of an idea, we'll reject it completely. And in the process miss out on the good of it, the worth of it, the truth of it.

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

What we do comes out of who we believe we are.

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

That breath that you just took, that's a gift!

The fire that had been raging inside her ever since she met him, ever since she left him, was now having gasoline thrown on top of it--by the gallon.

We are to be generous not just in the results of our work, but also IN our work.

think that if Hiro was so convinced in his own mind that he was unworthy of her, maybe he knew something she didn't.

I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?

Every single thing you've been through in your life has had a purpose.

To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.

A dead Bee maketh no Hony.

I knew that Jamaica Inn was going to make me a star.

A woman in such an emotional tempest is as perilous as a blind cobra to any about her.

A conviction is in the nature of a verdict and judgment, and therefore it must be precise and certain.