When I was trying to earn Jesus by being good, I missed the real Jesus who wants us to love him and serve him not for what he gives but for who he is—dangerous, unpredictable, radical, and amazing.

Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.

The biggest difference between between religious people and gospel-loving people is that religious people see certain people as the enemies, when Jesus-followers see sin as the enemy.

Our job as Christians is to stick so close to Jesus that when people are around us, they sense him.

We refuse to turn off our computers, turn off our phone, log off Facebook, and just sit in silence, because in those moments we might actually have to face up to who we really are.

The more I read, the more I felt the Bible looked a lot more like the movie 300 than the movie Pleasantville.

Although every person makes mistakes, not every mistake makes a person.

A touch less ego and dash more humility will improve the quality of anything you turn your hand to.

You earn brotherhood—the purest friendship, trust, love, whatever you want to call it—moment by moment through how you treat others.

Charlotte looked up doubtfully, wondering why, as she got older, she seemed to be more afraid of things, not less.

Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.

What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

I don't think I was a good model. I think I was born to emote and act. I would walk down the ramp and smile and they used to say, 'Give us a blank look.' It was really difficult not to smile.

the title of Queen rang sweet to my ears, child though I was. ... This idea of a crown began running in my head then like a tune, and has been running a lot in it ever since.

I don't pretend to be an intellectual or a philosopher. I just look.

The miracle is to walk on the earth.