You must long for God more than normal. You must be willing to live to give, not live to gain.

If you allow your enemy to steal your faith, he can destroy your life and ultimately kill your relationship with God.

When it's clear that we have a commitment to God that comes before anything else in our lives, most people will respect us even if they don't share our faith.

Normal people attempt countless goals with limited success. Weird people focus on just one God-given objective with tremendous results.

The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people.

If we don't fear God, it's because we don't know God.

Many people may be heartbroken, but not enough to take action.

Weird people love well.

In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't do that. It's not normal.

Normal people live distracted, rarely fully present. Weird people silence the distractions and remain fully in the moment.

Face your fears by remembering the power of God's cleaning truth. To change the way you are, change the way you think.

He was always mindful of keeping his spirits in check lest they soar unreasonably high.

When we're inspired by the desire to practice and transform our suffering, the mind of the moment is very beautiful. Sometimes we call it the mind of love. It's because of love that we practice.

Aside from communications satellites, space is devoid of industry.

Science is a self-correcting discipline that can, in subsequent generations, show that previous ideas were not correct.

I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous.

The porcelain rose is not as pretty as the one that decays.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

Awareness of approach to death can be a beautiful thing, a frame into which we can put the work of art that is our life, our personal masterpiece.

Being a teenager these days is not for the faint of heart.

Some people are much like blisters-they don't show up until the work is done.