Adventure is an attitude, not a behavior.

Things may not be logical or fair, but when God is directing the events of our lives, they are right.

Whether our fear is absolutely realistic or out of proportion in our minds, our greatest refuge is Jesus Christ.

Purpose, or mission, is determined by the development of values, balance, ethics, humor, morality, and sensitivities. It manifests itself in the way we look at life.

Life is a happy thing, a festival to be enjoyed rather than a drudgery to be endured.

My favorite thing that God gives is grace. It is without performance, free in Christ.

Whether you win or lose, whether you have a good day or bad day, God is with you; He loves you.

To fully enjoy life, to derive its greatest meaning and beauty, one needs to enter into it with not only the look of involvement and happiness, but the spirit of involvement as well.

We're waiting for a ship to come in that never went out.

Don't just be interested, be interesting.

Lord, to the degree I don't want to do this, bless me.

The wrath of God is never an evil wrath. God gets angry because he loves people like a mother would love her child if someone were to harm it. There is something wrong if the mother never gets angry

The requirement for advice being received well is that you’ve produced results with your life. Results are what matters!

What do the words “plant” and “plan” have in common? Yes, correct, it’s the word PLAN.Mind Gardening is a mindful thinking and planning philosophy.

I don't know where the time went. I sure have enjoyed it.

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind.

As strange as it may sound, our experience of a Chagall painting actually depends to some extent on whether our language has a word for blue.

May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.

I enjoy money. You got to know how to enjoy it, though. A lot of people enjoy it the wrong way: They spend it all.

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases.

I read Carver. Julio Cortázar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.