So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It is God's primary tool to develop you as an individual.

You are either in the Word and the Word is conforming you to the image of Jesus Christ, or you are in the world and the world is squeezing you into its mold.

You are free to make choices. You are not free to escape the consequences.

Teaching that impacts is not head to head, but heart to heart.

A belief is something you will argue about. A conviction is something you will die for.

The measure of you as a leader is not what you do, but what others do because of what you do.

My great concern for you in life is not that you will fail, but that you will succeed in doing the wrong things.

How big is your God? The size of your God determines the size of everything.

You teach what you know, but you reproduce what you are.

When God measures a man he puts the tape around the heart, not the head.

God is not looking for more stars; He's looking for more servants.

A house from which nobody ever went away without feeling better in some way. A house in which there was always laughter.

Be contented with the things of the world. Develop greed for God.

We have a terrific economy, it's like a great athlete that's had a cardiac arrest.

When you're on your deathbed you probably aren't counting the movies you've made.

Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Knowing constancy is insight.

She closes the door completely, and I crouch there. I allow myself to fall forward and rest my head on the door frame. My breath bleeds. My heartbeat drowns my ears.

My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly.

I don't want to speak too disparagingly of my generation (actually I do, we had a chance to change the world but opted for the Home Shopping Network Instead).

I must have loved you a lot.