The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.

We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.

The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.

Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.

Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.

I have been seized by the power of a great affection.

Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.

The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.

Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful.

A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul.

And though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance

I am ceaselessly waiting for you in the burning fire of waiting forever. It may not end today, tomorrow, or ever.

Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough.

Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today, and for generations to come.

Activists need to get the facts right. One of the big assets we have on our side is the truth, and we lose credibility and power if w e're loose with that.

We cannot judge of the fact, but the law upon the fact.

People want to will their self realization. They want to know what the right thing to do all the time is. There is no right thing. There's no code. There are certain basic recommendations.

If the wicked flourish and the fittest survive, Nature must be the god of rascals.

I wanted to look at how people deal with death. Why is Henry Kissinger not in jail and Charles Manson is?

It was good to be out there again. Actually I told my wife the same thing: Itll be fun to go out in a stadium on a field competing. Even though it was just a scrimmage.

Be wise, because the world needs more wisdom. And if you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise, and then just behave like they would.