There is no philosophy that is not to some extent also theology.

To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.

Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so?

When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.

I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally.

We must read the Bible through the eyes of shipwrecked people for whom everything has gone overboard.

Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Gratitude evokes grace like the voice and echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightning.

Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

Maybe not today, Maybe not tomorrow. But somewhere down the line, there has to be a light.

It is my firm belief that it is a mistake to hold firm beliefs

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

My mother works in a bank, and my dad is the head of my management team and also works in finance.

The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

I like visual layers, stylistically, that's something I enjoy and seek to do.

What kind of wife would I be if I left your father simply because he was dead?

Education is life itself.

It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows, that they don't always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits.