In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.

The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God's work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride.

Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship.

When you judge yourself for needing help, you judge those you are helping. When you attach value to giving help, you attach value to needing help.

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

Mary seeks for those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children.

The biggest risk is to take no risk at all

The Constitution created a framework, not a Ouija board, precisely because the Framers understood that prospect of a nation ruled for centuries by dead prophets would be the very opposite of freedom.

Basketball isn't my job.

Let your love propel your beloveds into the world-and into the full experience of who they are. In this will you have truly loved.

The only person who is going to give you security and the life you want is you.

But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.

I think the words you stop yourself from saying are the ones that will haunt you the longest.