A Christian understanding of the world sees a child's character not as genetically determined but as shaped to a significant degree by parental discipleship and discipline.

Too often, our concept of pastors and church leaders reinforces rather than obliterates the sad state of family life in our current context.

The root of impatience in discipline is really the same as that of overindulgence. In both instances, parents want to make up for lost time, to speed up a process that takes time.

If the apostles reminded even Paul himself to remember the poor (Galatians 2:10), then surely the rest of us need such a reminder.

All I need is you even if I don't know if I can't have you.

Leaders who are silent and do nothing are as guilty and do worse than those who commit these horrific attacks

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Notice that tearing oneself out of the insensible state is the opposite of remaining in it; the man who is beneficent from duty nevertheless acts with feelings, if not with empirical inclinations.

Any work you do, do it the best you can and achieve the maximum result.

Life is a challenge that you need. There's things in life that are going to throw you into the ground, but if you learn how to get up, that means you are not a quitter.

The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of dictatorship.

I want people to come together and listen respectfully.

To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.

In San Francisco, Halloween is redundant.