A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

I love tattoos. And mine symbolise who I really am. I have a Samurai on my left arm. At a subconscious level, I connect to this warrior and model myself on his discipline, skills and honour. There is also a tribal tattoo and a Chinese symbol of faith. I have seen a lot of people getting tattoos just because it’s a trend.

I could hardly sit through ‚Frozen.‘ There was an attempt to craft a moral message and to build the story around that, instead of building the story and letting the moral message emerge. It was the subjugation of art to propaganda, in my estimation.

Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.

I think I’m like most people – we fear the unknown and the things that have yet to come to pass, which are the very things that don’t deserve to be feared. When you give God complete control, it’s very hard not to be fearless.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

We believed in our idea – a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be.

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a candle’s light.

When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He’s the Christ, raised from the dead, that He’s his savior – that’s good enough for me.

I believe in God – not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being.

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.

In spiritual things, it is God who performs all things for you. Rest in Him, then.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God’s eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews – everybody is created equally in the eyes of God.

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

Faith… must be enforced by reason… when faith becomes blind it dies.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn’t, than live as if there isn’t and to die to find out that there is.

Salvation and Christ’s love is a gift. You don’t earn it. You’ve got to receive that gift.

People see things differently and remember things differently. It’s why if somebody robs a liquor store and there are four witnesses they’ll often disagree.

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

The Bible says that as Christians we don’t grieve the same way people do who have no hope of eternity and of Heaven – but we still grieve.

I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn’t call himself a poet.

Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.

I don’t let my religious world get too complicated.

You better take care of me Lord, if you don’t you’re gonna have me on your hands.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

God just has a way of working things out the way he wants to and you have no say in that.

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

When we trust God more than our feelings, it confuses the devil. I mean, when he throws you his best shot and he can’t budge you from believing God, he won’t know what to do with you anymore.

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.

A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won’t receive the good things God has in store.

Diplomacy is the art of saying ‚Nice doggie‘ until you can find a rock.

New York is definitely ready for the word of God.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

Don’t say I hate institutionalised religion – rather than saying I hate those things, which I do not, what I’m saying is that perhaps there is a way of opening more doors, rather than closing so many.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

The Bible says that Christians are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. On the job, in the grocery store, even among unsaved friends and family members, God’s people are there to bring seasoning to an unsavory situation.

This Sunday School has been of help to me, greater perhaps than any other force in my Christian life, and I can ask no better things for you than that you, and all that shall come after you in this great band of workers for Christ, shall receive the same measure of blessedness which I have been permitted to have.

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.

The most powerful idea that’s entered the world in the last few thousand years – the idea of grace – is the reason I would like to be a Christian.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Do I live as carelessly and worldly as unbelievers while professing to be a follower of Jesus? If so, I am exposing Christianity to ridicule and leading people to speak evil of the holy name by which I am called.

Believers, look up – take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‚I love you.‘

Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.