The living God is a God of justice and mercy and He will be satisfied with nothing less than a people in whom his justice and mercy are alive.

Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.

I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.

The church is not meant to call men and women out of the world into a safe religious enclave but to call them out in order to send them back as agents of God's kingship.

It is less important to ask a Christian what he or she believes about the Bible than it is to inquire what he or she does with it.

Do things that will get people asking questions, the answer to which is the Gospel.

It has never at any time been possible to fit the resurrection of Jesus into any world view except a world view of which it is the basis.

The Church, wherever it is, is not only Christ's witness to its own people and nation, but also the home-base for a mission to the ends of the earth.

Our confidence...is not in the competence of our own knowing, but in the faithfulness and reliability of the one who is known.

The Church must be seen as the company of pilgrims on the way to the end of the world and the ends of the earth.

God's grace is not limited by any ecclesiastical barriers.

Anyone could see that this woman is living a nightmare. Except that she goes through her daily life wide awake, knowing that she could make a mistake at any moment.

Most people in this world are a continuity, very few become an opportunity and the rarest of them all, evolve to be a possibility.

Love the quest marriage the conquest divorce the inquest.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.

I've always been a liberal and I've always had strong socialist leanings.

In the financial world it tends to be misleading to state, "There is no free lunch." Rather the more meaningful comment is, "Somebody has to pay for lunch."

I find a lot of comfort and peace just being outdoors. Whether on a beach or on a path near our house, I would walk for an hour or two, just alone with my own head to think things through.

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

It's harder to write two people happy and in love than two people fighting and driving each other crazy.