We do not choose suffering simply because we are told to, but because the one who tells us to describes it as the path to everlasting joy.

One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.

In EVERY situation and EVERY circumstance of your life, God is always doing a thousand different things that you cannot see and you do not know.

Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.

Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst

The Gospel is not how people get to heaven. The Gospel is how people get to God.

If God's love for his children is to be measured by our health, wealth, and comfort in this life, God hated the apostle Paul.

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

The deepest and most enduring happiness is found only in God. Not from God, but in God.

Our deeds are not the basis of our salvation, they are the evidence of our salvation. They are not foundation, they are demonstration.

... Chicago divided your heart. Leaving you loving the joint for keeps. Yet knowing it never can love you.

It's safe to tell us stuff, okay?" This means it's not safe to tell them anything.

I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.

When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time.

I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your f-kin' mouth.

If you just sort of say, everyone gets equal pay, you get away from the whole American dream, you get away from capitalism in a sense.

Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.

I thought a lot of girls wanna have their secret identity and have something they don't want to tell people about.

Duke Ellington had a song, "What Am I Here For?" - this is what being pro-life is.

There is no more merit in being able to attach a correct description to a picture than in being able to find out what is wrong with a stalled motorcar. In each case it is special knowledge.