A being is free only when it can determine and limit its activity.

To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.

Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so?

When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.

I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally.

We must read the Bible through the eyes of shipwrecked people for whom everything has gone overboard.

Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Gratitude evokes grace like the voice and echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightning.

Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.

Those who deserve love the least need it the most.

When you believe in what you’re doing, that’s the first thing. And you have to be resilient, because people are going to try to knock you down.

Yes, life is a woman!

Always maintain a joyful mind. Appreciate the struggles as opportunities to wake up.

We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art.

Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.

Anytime you have to sacrifice your art, or integrity, it's a bad deal, no matter what they're offering.

I've always been in danger, but I don't mind.

Dreams take short cuts.