Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.

Love is as much a question of the will as it is of the emotion. And if you will to love somebody, you can. - Ravi Zacharias' brother

Many pray for the right partner but cease to pray for the right union--that they be one as Jesus and the Father are one and so experience the full measure of His joy in the relationship.

Marriage is the harmony of God synchronizing two wills with the will of the Father.

The service [Jesus] gave to humanity was given even when we least merited that sacrifice. There is a joy in service that transcends emotional temporariness.

Black and white, severally incomplete and at the same time completely several.

Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let's get to work on them.

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

Never apologize, it's all part of the trick.

Whence it is evident that the remedy must be adapted to the particular cause of the mischief; consequently, the cause must be ascertained, before the remedy is devised.

Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me.

I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?

When you catch an adjective, kill it.

Every time some spoiled European soccer millionaire complains about the blaring vuvuzelas, I want them to blare louder.

Perhaps the most important reason for self-disclosure is that without it we cannot truly love.