The last verse that became clear to my vision that day was this: "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God's in Christ Jesus for you."

The heaven I witnessed was so pure, love-filled, and magnificent that I did not want to return to earth.

No matter what the circumstances, we can be grateful that God fulfills His promises, that our faith is sufficient to sustain us, and that our eternal life is assured.

Faith allows us to confidently walk with God into a future filled with joy; one that can become an extraordinary and amazing adventure.

Later in the day, a second verse became clear to my vision. It read: "Pray without ceasing."

Live a life of prayer, giving glory to God and continually listening for His guidance.

The more we love, the more love we have to offer. So it is with God's love for us. It is inexhaustible.

When you are doing God's will everything seems to happen without much effort or many obstacles.

Even when it feels as if we are being crushed by earthly troubles, we can remain joyful. If we keep our focus on God, our spirit cannot be trampled.

God promises to open the door when we knock, and to always welcome us back into his love, no matter how far we have strayed.

I began to see my life and each breath I am given as a living prayer to God and a way to pray for others for our world.

The world I once knew as a boy has changed dramatically . . . I don’t even recognize the world we live in today.

The boundary between tame and wild exists only in the imperfections of the human mind.

My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.

In the nature of the case, an explorer can never know what he is exploring until it has been explored.

For a psychoanalyst to be any good... he'd have to believe that it was through the grace of God that he'd been inspired to study psychoanalysis in the first place.

To live as one likes is plebian the noble man aspires to order and law.

I don't think anyone really understands why a show works or why it doesn't.

Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.

I have never been a shooter.

I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about.