Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it.

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

What we do comes out of who we believe we are.

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

That breath that you just took, that's a gift!

We do tend to believe things while we're hearing or reading them. Afterwards, it's another matter, when the book is closed and the voice stops speaking.

Highs must be followed by lows

Because it's cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized.

I like to see honesty out of people. People who are trustworthy. I like to see people who are involved with The Lord.

The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more.

The greatest thing that will please God is that you maintain an attitude of unshakable joy.

The right most valued by all civilized men is the right to be left alone.

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.

Art is the accomplice of love.