The issue on which everything hangs is not whether you like His teaching but if He ‪rose from the dead.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Half-truths only added up to a whole lie.

I think there's a time in your life where you don't feel like you fit in. I think everyone has that when you're a teenager, especially, and especially in the society we live in.

I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.

The time has come to give Americans the freedom to purchase health insurance across state lines.

I am seeking that dance which might be the divine expression of the human spirit through the medium of the body's movement.

The real mistake humans have committed lays in the inability to differentiate between requirements and luxuries.

[On book promotion:] The reward for writing well appears to be not to be able to do it for a long time.

I think life is easier if you're straight.

Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.

One thing I did not want to change, even if we got serious, work had to be enjoyable on a daily basis. We all had to come to work on the balls of our feet and go up the stairs two at a time.