Thinking about interior peace destroys interior peace. The patient who constantly feels his pulse is not getting any better.

The soul hardly ever realizes it, but whether he is a believer or not, his loneliness is really a homesickness for God.

Peace comes not by establishing a calm outward setting so much as by inwardly surrendering to whatever the setting.

It is in the highest interests of the devil to persuade the world that religious people are disagreeable.

Friends, suffering, marriage, environment, study and recreation are influence which shape character. The strongest influence, if you are generous enough to yield to it, is the grace of God.

If you do not pray, everything can disappoint you by going wrong. If you do pray, everything can still go wrong, but not in a way that will disappoint you.

A lot of trouble about prayer would disappear if only we realized - really realized - that we go to pray not because we love prayer, but because we love God.

Anyt hing that is found to stimulate hope should be seized upon and make to serve. This applies to a book, a film, a broadcast, or a conversation with someone who can impart it.

The patients who constantly feel their pulse are not getting any better.

What the soul hardly realizes is that, unbeliever or not, his loneliness is really a homesickness for God.

Patience has all the time it needs.

I love coming of age stories that have struggle.

The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

I never force myself to dance or sing.

We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves for this second album and so we want to make it as great as we possibly can.

It's important that the kids stay busy. It's important that they have something to focus on, and something that they feel good about.

There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.

I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.

the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!

I ate fiberglass insulation. It wasn’t cotton candy like the guy said… my tummy itches.