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.

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

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

Positive thinkers focus their minds on the future

The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally.

I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.

Negativity doesn't help me.

There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny.

I should have liked to come across a large community of pines, which had never been invaded by the lumbering army.

The worst of lusts is vanity.

All things are manifestations of one thing only.

Make deals with people, not paper.

Earnestness alone makes life eternity.