Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

There was no trust anywhere in the world, O my brothers, the way I could see it.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.

It's really cool going into a casting room and having them know who you are and the work that you've done.

We dance to fall in love with the spirit in all things, to wipe out memory or transform it into moves that nobody else can make because they didn’t live it.

Populists have never had a good press in Freedom's land.

When you feel good about yourself, others will feel good about you, too.

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.

Even as a little seed, I could see his plan for me. Stranded on welfare, another broken family.

When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.