We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely - and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love.

What is an anarchist? One who, choosing, accepts the responsibility of choice

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.

I'm not a sad person, upset the whole time, but I seem to be quite emotional.

No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate.

Connectivity is productivity - whether it's in a modern office or an underdeveloped village.

Individualism is rather like innocence: There must be something unconscious about it.

I feel like I try not to limit myself. So every experience so far, I've just gone headlong into.

Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.