The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness.

Parables release the adrenaline of urgency into our bloodstream.

I had escaped the snare of certitude that I welcomed so avidly at first and entered, via the name of Jesus, the wide and comprehensive company of Jesus.

We learn the language of prayer by immersing ourselves in the language that God uses to reveal Himself to us.

Apart from childhood and crisis, prayers have a way of being abstracted from the homely and distinctive details that are part and parcel of our ordinary and daily life.

God uses language to create and command us.

Language consists in equal parts of speaking and silence.

Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance.

When it comes to doing something about what is wrong in the world, Jesus is best known for his fondness for the minute, the invisible, the quiet, the slow – yeast, salt, seeds, light. And manure.

Money and machines anesthetize neediness. They put us in charge, in control. As long as the money holds out and the machines are in good repair, we don't need to pray.

The end is where we start from. T.S. Eliot

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being--forgive me--rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

The higher you climb, the more Satan will take notice. Keep climbing! Heaven's gate has a lock.

A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience.

I refuse to believe that we're only here to live and die.

Pursue excellence and ignore success. If you are excellent you will be successful

I think politicians in America don't speak up because their local lobbyist has them shut up.

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

The investing public understands that you need to do things to position yourself.

There are so many venues in which stars are exposed today, that we just know much more and the studios don't have the control over stars like they used to, in the 30s, 40s, and 50s.

Donald Trump, I would vote for him. Trump would make this country better I feel.