We should do whatever we can to cut through the scum that has grown on our understanding and rediscover freshness.

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.

I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.

Nothing. And, I don't start before noon.

When I'm onstage they know I'm honest, and I try to be as humble as I can.

What ardently we wish, we soon believe.

Brad Pitt is really game to talk about whatever and is really fun to talk to and was totally up for discussing anything.

A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.

Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete.

As a filmmaker you have to keep asking yourself the question are we really going to impress them [audience] either by the wow factor, the intelligence factor, the I didn't see that coming factor?

Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring

As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.