reject anything that is producing an addiction in you.

The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God's work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride.

Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship.

I doubt love can do little else, if it cannot bring back people back from the dead.

Life is an activity with which we kill time while we wait for something, someone, or the mere passage of time to kill us.

Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse.

The problem is that censors create the concept of obscenity. By supposedly trying to protect us they form an absurd concept of what is obscene.

What you do and what you say has consequence and impact. Impact is determined by the intention behind your words and the intention behind your deeds.

When you arrive in heaven, you will know that answering the call was worth it. Answering the call is always worth it.

For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

The heaven I witnessed was so pure, love-filled, and magnificent that I did not want to return to earth.

I have so much respect for my opponents; many of them watched the races as little children and were supporting me!

Self love is the instrument of our preservation.