Those in true spiritual authority have neither the desire nor the need to control anyone, either directly or subversively.

God loves you in spite of your mistakes

God can make you whole again. Past experiences may not disappear, but they don’t have the same effect on you.

Someone who is self assured celebrates the accomplishments of others.

It is a sad thing to become so blinded and deafened by pride that you are no longer concerned about whether or not God is pleased with your actions.

Your attitude in your storm determines how long you are in it

The flow of the anointing oil provokes intense worship

Children believe what you promise. They are excited and expectant. Your nature must be like theirs: bold, daring, unafraid and eager to experience the victory God has already assured.

No blood at all. I could hear that phrase repeat itself in my head, louder each time. No sticky, hot, messy, awful blood. No splatter. NO BLOOD AT ALL. Why hadn't I thought of that?

Being in the wrong place never helps you do the right thing

The magnitude of this evil among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged, that no merit could be greater than that of devising a satisfactory remedy for it.

A marveilous newtrality have these things mathematicall, and also a strange participation between things supernaturall and things naturall.

It’s the mind itself which shapes the body.

When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world

They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze.

Don't all the girls get prettier at closing time?

Time is the seed of the Universe.

The way I like to measure greatness is... How many people can you make want to be better?