To wish to withstand the Holy Spirit would be the one unforgivable sin.

Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.

The church speaks finally in that it prays for the world.

The author says that theologian operates with windows open to the interest of the world, but also with a skylight that allows full awareness of prayer.

No one can become and remain a theologian unless he is compelled again and again to be astonished at himself.

A quite specific astonishment stands at the beginning of every theological perception, inquiry, and thought.

God transcends even the undertakings of evangelical theologians.

On observing 1963 America for the first time, the author says that organization and standardization to a certain degree compete with divine providence.

Thou shalt make no image, no abstraction, including none of THE American, THE Swiss, THE German.

When theology recognizes one thing properly, it mis-recognizes something else all the more thoroughly.

We dream that we're all different. The reality is that we're all not.

Identifying your feelings can help you explain your reactions

I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents.

I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.

When I took my first poetry class, I felt that I could understand the relationships between words and the formal qualities of language in a way I would never understand music.

A person with a golden heart is filled with love and likes to see something that he starts completed and done well.

America is not a land of money but of wealth-not a land of rich people, but of successful workers.

Being a parent is a weird juggling act - and nobody does it right. Everybody does it wrong.

Every role you do is kind of a side of yourself. That's why they give you the part.

When I was young, I flirted with the idea of a career in journalism on one hand and politics on the other.