I am often criticized, or at least questions are raised, about what appears to be the absence of the Holy Spirit in my work.

Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.

The church doesn’t have a social strategy, the church is a social strategy.

It’s hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God’s new age, a kingdom of surprise.

We don't fall in love and then get married; instead we get married and then learn what love requires.

Never think that you need to protect God. Because anytime you think you need to protect God, you can be sure that you are worshipping an idol.

To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food, but you have the gift of friendship to overwhelm the loneliness that grips the lives of so many.

We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.

Jesus is Lord, and everything else is bullshit.

The courageous have fears that cowards never know.

For Christians do not place their hope in their children, but rather their children are a sign of their hope . . . that God has not abandoned this world.

The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.

Are there any more beautiful words in the English dictionary than 'see you tomorrow?

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.

The light of an early Summer afternoon as it slips toward dusk has so many good things wrapped up in it..

Put your trust in God but be sure to keep your powder dry.

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.

We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed.

An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age, a feeble and worn-out body.

Money is not the root of all kinds of evil. The love of money is. It’s also the root of a lot of bad art.

Drunkenness doesn't create vices, but it brings them to the fore.