The disciples obey because that's what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.

But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.

God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

The journey of learning the secret language of dreams is fascinating and well worth the effort.

Well old man, I guess freedom's a continuum.

True love is very silent, very personal, very non-demanding, and nonjudgmental.

We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth right now.

When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing.

I'm a workaholic, only instead of working I like to drink liquor.

You have the capability to change your life all with a simple shift in perspective

The destruction of the personality is the great evil of the time.

Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood; age retains its tastes by habit.

The eloquent voice of our century uttered, shortly before leaving the world, a warning cry against the "Anglo- Saxon contagion.