To lust for something is desire turned selfish and gone mad. To embrace God’s passion is desire turned selfless and gone mindful.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

Each of us can walk only the path he sees at his own feet. Each of us is subject to the consequences of his own belief.

When darkness falls, beauty is lit from within.

Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.

German equality of rights is the prerequisite for any participation on Germany's part in international conventions and agreements.

There is no time for grief; there never is.

There is nothing more ugly than an orthodoxy without understanding or compassion.

Possessing the ideal makes a person nervous: you sense the inevitable decline just ahead.

The most interesting place by far was Afghanistan. Just because it is a place that I cannot see myself living. The hardness of the people and the history of the country is just so completely intense.

Unfortunately in life, justice is not always achieved.

Even as I speak, in four hours time the Kyalami Grand Prix will roar away