The worst thing that I can do is humanize God. The second worst thing that I can do is deify myself. And the best thing that I can do is to avoid both.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining, because I've heard it said thatevery mushroom cloud has a silver lining.

Pursue what catches your heart rather than what catches your eyes.

Hardships scorch as sun burns each entity to glow it golden.

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

Do not look sad. We shall meet soon again." "Please, Aslan", said Lucy,"what do you call soon?" "I call all times soon" said Aslan; and instantly he was vanished away.

When I say I hate nostalgia, I hate things set in the recent past where everything is shiny and new.

Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never be allowed to get the upper hand.

Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions.

It isn't what you find, it's what you do about what you find.

Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.