“Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.”

We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.

Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.

Greatness is never achieved through indecision.

God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.

Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.

There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.

It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.

To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.

Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.

A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.

Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.

For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.

Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.

Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.

Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.

Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to root out all the rottenness there. I no longer believe that we can change anything in the world until we first change ourselves. And that seems to me the only lesson to be learned.

We are only midway through the central verse of our youth when we see ourselves begin to blacken. … We had been seduced into thinking that we were immortal and suddenly the affair is over.

Nobody wants to watch perfect people.

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

One must also accept that one has ‘uncreative’ moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.

You know, as I’ve grown older, my ideas about sin have changed. I used to believe that sins were things you did, but I don’t think that now. I think sins are what you ignore.

When a child wants to be accepted, he’ll do anything.

At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.