You develop faith by doing things that require faith.

We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.

Sometimes God calms the storm and sometimes He calms his child.

There is a connection between heaven and earth. Finding that connection gives meaning to everything, including death. Missing it makes everything meaningless, including life.

God's love fills the immensity of space; therefore, there is no shortage of love in the universe, only in our willingness to do what is needed to feel it.

You cannot compromise principles to achieve unity

Keep your eye on eternal goals

We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness behind.

Nothing spiritual to write? Then have spiritual experiences.

Jesus made saving repentance possible and He made baptism meaningful.

Our joy now and forever is inextricably tied to our capacity to love.

Seek first the kingdom of heaven WITHIN, whereby lies an abundance of treasures and resources that you need

The ability to sin differs among people. For example a short-armed fisherman isn't as big a liar as a long-armed one.

there are people who read my work and accuse me of being political! As far as I'm concerned that's like accusing a dog of having a bark!

Social justice and compassion are compatible with an intelligent respect for private enterprise and law and order.

The ancient path of communion with God is knowing what He's really like. And prayer is simply keeping company with God.

As I mentioned we have arrested or detained over 1,000 people here in America to determine to find out what they know.

I was devastated by the atrocious bombings that struck London today. These vicious acts have cut us all to the core, for they are an attack on humanity itself. [7th July 2005 - on London bombings

The way I work with music is that I take on the story.

All people are most credulous when they are most happy.

Eight gold medals? If I wanted I could make a movie about me winning nine gold medals. Now that's real power.