Whatever you base your life on--you have to live up to that. Jesus is the one Lord you can live for who already died for you.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

She was the sort of person for whom fear was the natural response to that beyond explanation.

Man alone measures time.Man alone chimes the hour.And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures.A fear of time running out.

This is why we must transcend our physical bodies. Because a body is always going to piss you off

The tide seldom shifts in favor of a selfish individual.

One single letter cures the blank page.

I like people that like to work the way that I like to work.

Only in the stillness of detachment can the soul yield up her secrets.

Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing.

And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.

Each stage of cosmic development proceeded more quickly than the stage which preceded it.