The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.

The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.

We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.

The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.

Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.

Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.

I have been seized by the power of a great affection.

Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.

Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful.

A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul.

And though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance

If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.

Many lose heaven because they are ashamed to go in a fool's coat thither.

We must dare and dare again and go on daring.

The day you stop caring what other people think of you is the day your life begins.

Better poverty without care, than riches with.

I just love New York. New York has energy, it has culture, New York is very diverse. There's not a better place in the world.

Public discourse requires making an argument for a point of view, not having an argument - as in having a fight.

I really don't care about birthdays. It's something where even as a kid, I never really felt comfortable when someone would sing to me.

When a beautiful road ends, remember how it was to live it over again! When a hard road ends, remember how it was to get a lesson for the future!

TMI? Too Much Information. It”s just easier to say 'TMI'. I used to say 'don't go there', but that's lame.