It confuses me that Christian living is not simpler. The gospel, the very good news, is simple.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

Success is an outcome of conscious choices pursued consistently and tirelessly.

Not many people ask me out.

I think that band [Glenn Miller] was the beginning of the end. It was a mechanized version of what they called jazz music. I still can't stand to listen to it.

Blessed books—they’re a place to be alone, and no one else can come in.

People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were.

I think it's an honorable thing that Donald Trump is doing.

Most of us waste our energy through chattering - endlessly chattering, gossiping, criticising, backbiting.

And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to.

Everybody is laden with guilt.

I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me.