The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.

I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.

What if I lose what little control I have left? I may live in a prison now, but at least I know my way around it.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

Sometimes the most important job advertising can do, is to clarify the obvious.

Death is as casual and often as unexpected as birth. It is as difficult to define grief as joy. Each is finite. Each will fade.

Anyone with a little computer experience knows that anything can be copied bit-by-bit with the right equipment.

Hearts are fragile things. That's why you have to be so careful.

Wisdom lies in recognizing the dangers that lie within us and doing battle with them daily.

I do not like to see men walk away from women in late middle age.

Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.

Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.