Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair

In the grand timeline of life, two years is nothing. Here she is, her dream resurrected. Alive and soon to be kicking in fact. Dead isn't always dead.

Fortunately, we are not in control.

Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.

The Hollywood movies are more like novels, and the kinds of films I make are more like poems.

I feel like if you play basketbal, you should want to improve all the time. You should never feel like you don't need to improve.

Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away.

[On Italian:] One may almost call it a language that talks of itself, and always seems more witty than its speakers.

A more diverse force is a stronger force. A more diverse mindset makes you a stronger force. If you have the same outlook, if you have the same mindset, you don't get much innovation.

I believe when it comes to love, there's something intangible about who we are attracted to, and I don't think I have a pattern.

Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God