To believe in God is to give your heart to God.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need.

We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.

Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy is drawing near.

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.

The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are.

The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.

The dog is a gentleman

Take me on a journey to the place of souls, ” she whispered as he moved closer. “I want to close my eyes and feel a little piece of heaven…with you.

Every ransomed man owes his salvation to the fact that during his days of sinning, God kept the door of mercy open.

Don't wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis.

I basically raised myself.

Children are a plant substitute and we haven't the wit to see it until too late

I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.

Do you know why the Lord withheld the sense of humor from women? So that we may love you instead of laugh at you.

When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.