The fact that we are loved and accepted and forgiven in spite of everything we have done is simply too good to be true.

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!

Artists who don't paint aren't artists.

If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die.

The more we get to know God, the more we want to know him better.

I honor every woman who has strength enough to step out of the beaten path when she feels that her walk lies in another.

Making a million dollars is the simplest thing in the world. Just find a product that sells for $2000 and that you can buy at a cost of $1000, and sell a thousand of them.

Faithful found among the faithless.

The difference between religion and science is the difference between thoughtless certainty and thoughtful doubt.

You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks.

Reason has to be strengthened by suffering, and suffering opens the eyes of understanding.

I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft.