We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.

The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.

The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.

We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.

The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue.

We pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.

All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.

When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared with Jesus Christ.

So I’m alone. I have no one. Is that what you’re telling me?” - Junco, Range (to be published April 2013)

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.

We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

I wish I was a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls.

I told you we were meant to be," he says, still smiling, still so Finn, who was always here but who I just didn't see and now-- Well, now I kiss him.

Marilyn Manson is a mockery of American pop culture.

I guess like any friendship, marriage, or whatever it is familiarity breeds more contempt, and more love. They're just more settled with each other now.

I haven't been down to Navy Pier in such a long time. I know that's probably the touristy thing to do, but it just reminds me so much of 2000 when I was here shooting ["Hardball"].

Love yourself. KNOW thyself. And be mindful of your thoughts.