The gathering of believers should be an opportunity for wonder, anticipation and imagination; not drudgery, duty or routine.

Church can’t be a place where we feel like a visitor, or somewhere we’re afraid to allow others to see our messes. It’s got to feel like home.

Don't fear conflict, fear the silence.

There is nothing better than expressions in words.

Peeta" I said "Stay with me"I heard him say one word before the drigs pulled me under, I realised later that what he said was 'always

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

I never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.

Jesus that I know as my Redeemer cannot be less than God

But maybe as I get older, I begin to see beauty where I least expected it before.

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

I mean I've never been thrown in jail in New York or Los Angeles.

It's not just children who need heroes.

It is less dangerous to draw a cartoon of Allah French-kissing Uncle Sam — which, let me make it very clear, I have not done — than it is to speak honestly about [working moms].