The ministry of bearing with one another is more than simply tolerating difficult people. It is also learning to hear God speak through them.

True joy, as it turns out, comes only to those who have devoted their lives to something greater than personal happiness.

...sin is often the attempt to meet a legitimate need in an illegitimate way.

...all of us are somewhere on a journey to God, and the gap between least and most advanced is infinitely smaller than the gap between the most advanced and God himself.

Humility is the freedom to stop trying to be what we're not, or pretending to be what we're not, and accepting our 'appropriate smallness.

We are not the passive victim of others' opinions. Their opinions are powerless until we validate them.

Saadi’s dictum, in the Bostan: ‘The Path is not in the rosary, the prayer-mat and the robe

There are few sorrows however poignant in which a good income is of no avail.

I don't believe that Freedom of Information laws, which have arbitrary time periods or broad blanket exemptions, meet the level of transparency that society needs today.

The real requirement, if we are to avoid runaway global warming, is probably 80% by 2030, and almost no burning whatever of fossil fuels (coal, gas and oil) by 2050.

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue.

I was never blinded by the American dream. I have my own dreams. You know what I'm saying? The Joey dream.

Your future does not equal your past. Tomorrow is full of possibility you can access right now

That's another lesson I've learned the hard way. All relationships will die if they aren't nurtured. Just as a flower will die if it's not watered. Because love is demonstration, not declaration.

For those who are walking in their purpose, even the great tribulation will be a minor event. There will be far more attention on what Christ is doing than on what the antichrist is doing.

My mom always made sure I lived my life as a regular kid.