There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .

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?

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

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.

Sometimes God pulls us away from normal just long enough to begin something great in us.

When a man is at peace he is a man, when angry he is an animal.

One’s love for his country is a very sacred emotion that is intertwined with their sense of moral obligation and is an essential part of one’s identity.

A man must be able to cut a knot for everything cannot be untied.

It feels wonderful to be go back to the 1940s and recreate the whole era through my clothes, voice and body language. I am tired of playing the larger-than-life hero.

recollect, v. To recall with additions something not previously known.

When you're depressed, everything becomes distorted.

Utter truth is essential...and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.

I've found in my own life that if my writing isn't going well, not much else will. It is the one constant, the key to everything else.

I am the King of biting off more than I can chew.