The problem is that the Chicken-Soup-for-the-Soul stuff may feel good, but none of that typical stuff helps when somebody in your neighborhood is murdered.

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

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.

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.

You will either have value, or be grist for the mill — nothing more.

Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.

A genuine passion is like a mountain stream; it admits of no impediment; it cannot go backward; it must go forward.

I've got the Lord on board.

You cannot make a demand on your life that exceeds your belief about it. Your belief is creating a personal law. It’s not the truth, but a lie believed will act like a law until it’s neutralized.

I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film.

Find people who love you unconditionally, surround yourself with them, and bring them the same level of intensity.

Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me.

When people sometimes misquote me, I don't know if they understand what I'm saying.