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

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?

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.

Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair

As long as a man had the courage to reject what society told him to do, he could live life on his own terms. To what end? To be free. But free to what end? To read books, to write books, to think.

Good memories are meant to stay in our hearts forever... -Geena L. Davis

In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us how to swim. – Linton Weeks, Washington Post, 13 January 2001

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

Im committed to universal health coverage and education.

With some diseases, like type 2 diabetes, if people get alerted early they can take steps to avert getting sick.

I never thought I was right for TV or that TV was right for me.

Anyone who ever loves anyone truly loves them because of their indefinable essence, not because they conform to some checklist.

Of course, this is a heuristic, which is a fancy way of saying that it doesn't work.

Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.