never adopt a strategy that you would not want your opponents to use against you

History belongs to the intercessors - those who believe and pray the future into being.

History belongs to the intercessors

Evil can be opposed without being mirrored. Oppressors can be resisted without being emulated. Enemies can be neutralized without being destroyed.

Prayer infuses the air of a time yet to be into the suffocating atmosphere of the present.

The greatest obstacle is simply this: the belief that we cannot change because we are dependent on what is wrong. That is the addict's excuse.

Killing Jesus was like trying to destroy a dandelion seed-head by blowing on it

To worship is to remember Who owns the house.

The 'peace' the gospel brings is never the absence of conflict, but an ineffable divine reassurance within the heart of conflict; a peace that surpasses understanding.

Faith requires at times marching into the waters before they part.

The gospel, then, is not a message about the salvation of individuals from the world, but news about a world transfigured, right down to its basic structures.

I think science works the way a tightrope walker works: by not looking at its feet. As soon as it looks at its feet, it realizes its operating in midair.

Human life is fiction's only theme.

With an attitude of respect and concern for other beings, we can create an atmosphere of happiness, real harmony and real brotherhood.

Do you feel better?” I asked Sam as he opened the door to the Volkswagen for me. “Yes,” he said. He was still a terrible liar. “Good,” I said. I was still a fantastic one.

I’ve been a con artist since I was 16 and trying to get my dad to buy me a car. I never succeeded, but I learnt a lot of tactics.

Mother always said you were greedy.

I do believe in love; it's wonderful - especially love third time around, it's even more precious; it's kind of amazing.

As a woman, you should be more at ease with your sexuality when you are in your 40s...You are more self-assured about that part. And that's the way it should be.

Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowly alpine river flowed And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind.

So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.