When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.

The problem with people is that they're only human.

My body gnaws at me from one side and my spirit gnaws at me from the other.

Most times we only see things for the way we are. But we're good at lying to ourselves. Sometimes we need somebody who's not living in our skin to point out how things really are.

I like the type of culture that the Internet allows to happen. And, of course, for some bizarre reason, that is cats!

Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.

If it weren't for Christians, I'd be a Christian.

As an artist, I didn't think I was gonna get an Oscar. I've never said this, but I've never looked at it like, "We're gonna win Best Supporting Actor."

Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.

Celebrate the success of others. High tide floats all ships.

I don't think I have a superiority complex. I have a "you're not Thom Yorke" complex.