We sin not because we do not love Christ at all but because we don’t love him above all.

Jesus loves us not because we are good but because he is.

His mercy, not our merits, make[s] us his.

Jesus does not love any child (young or old) because the child is good. Jesus loves his children because he is good.

Sin gains power over us not by its indomitable force but by our divided heart.

God has given his law so that we will experience, not earn, the good he intends for our lives.

Success is messy. But so is life. Deal with it. Poverty is messier.

Statements make sense for somebody who needs advice. I’m not giving advice. I don’t instruct. At my best, I delight. That’s my job.

Meet every man as you find him, for we're all made the same under habit, robe or rags. Some better made than others, and some better cared for, but on the same pattern, all.

Some secrets are like fossils and the stone has become too heavy to turn over.

Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis.

When I look back on the stuff I used to wear, I wonder why somebody didn't try to stop me. Just a friendly warning, "You may regret this," would have been fine.

If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King.

I've always looked at myself and criticized myself first, and that's the way I'm always going to be.