We Christians must look sharp that our Christianity does not simply refine our sins without removing them.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you the most.

The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God.

God's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God.

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

What's closest to your heart is what you talk about, and if God is close to your heart, you'll talk about Him.

When I understand that everything happening to me is to make me more Christlike, it resolves a great deal of anxiety.

If your life does not worship God, your lips do not worship God either.

They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.

Don't let the evil actions of broken people define your view of our world! Don't be terrorized into a diluted, hopeless reality.

When you know who matters most to you, giving things up, even yourself, doesn’t really feel like a sacrifice.

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.

I grew up in a makeup chair, to see! the women around me getting ready was so aspirational, It is about mothers and daughters, a girl watching her mom at a vanity table.

All men are alike. If you ask any American man, 'How are you?' he'll answer 'Fine,' even if his mother just had a heart attack.

I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame

Your body is woven from the light of heaven. Are you aware that its purity and swiftness is the envy of angels and its courage keeps even devils away.

I do remember, the first time we met [with Patti Smith], the door opening with a squeak. And then there was this very beautiful girl looking out.

You know when people smile too much? It's painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I'm trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.