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.

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

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.

I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.

The way to understand any enemy is to realize that, from his perspective, he is not a villain but a hero.

La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.

One has a prejudice wherever one fears a transformation.

You know, my father died of cancer when I was a teenager. He had it before it became popular.

I like the simple things. I don't know why. I'm that way. I came from a simple place.

I never want to be pretentious.

God is not a God of sadness, death, etc., but the devil is. Christ is a God of joy, and so the Scriptures often say that we should rejoice ... A Christian should and must be a cheerful person.

I am quite happy to take a cut. You've got to, if you want to work and continue working.

I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big

Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle.