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

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.

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.

When we are at our wits' end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give us an answer when we are still well supplied with all sorts of answers of our own?

Well, ” she said. “I’m frustrated.”“Don’t make me angry-kiss you.”“Give me the laundry.”“Tempers rising, faces flushed … This is how it happens.

The pimp has a grin, never a smile.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Typically, the theme of my albums, if there is a theme, is, 'How does it feel?' And that always leads to love songs. It just does.

I did so many comedies that we've had numerous discussions about horror of film and I've always been really hesitant to do so because the last thing I wanted to make was a horror movie.

You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.

Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.

Reading is a socially acceptable form of hallucination.

One of the things that I have always been interested in is the actual experience of people in their lives as opposed to what we think their experience should be.

I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be.