There is nothing more common than for people who want to talk about God to lose interest in the people they are talking to.

Parables release the adrenaline of urgency into our bloodstream.

I had escaped the snare of certitude that I welcomed so avidly at first and entered, via the name of Jesus, the wide and comprehensive company of Jesus.

We learn the language of prayer by immersing ourselves in the language that God uses to reveal Himself to us.

Apart from childhood and crisis, prayers have a way of being abstracted from the homely and distinctive details that are part and parcel of our ordinary and daily life.

God uses language to create and command us.

Language consists in equal parts of speaking and silence.

Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance.

The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness.

When it comes to doing something about what is wrong in the world, Jesus is best known for his fondness for the minute, the invisible, the quiet, the slow – yeast, salt, seeds, light. And manure.

Money and machines anesthetize neediness. They put us in charge, in control. As long as the money holds out and the machines are in good repair, we don't need to pray.

Hope keeps you alive.

When facts give way to faith, then and only then do you unlock the possibilities within.

Behind those happy eyes, you hide a mind that is terribly chaotic and that's what makes you, so beautiful.

Scare the hell out of the American people.

God knows what is best for you, and He wants to reveal it to you and show you what you ought to do.

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.

And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

The past is always with us, for it feeds the present.

The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.

I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.