Wanting to feel good is synonymous with wanting to feel God.

I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He’s on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them.

I’ve been praying that we might have a spiritual awakening. But I think that becomes possible as individuals surrender their lives fresh and anew to Christ.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I’m learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, ‚I can’t go to Kmart. I can’t take my kids to the haunted house.‘

God has entrusted me with myself.

I went through a period when I felt my film characters were having more fun than I was. It might partly explain why I ended up tattooed or doing certain extreme things in my life.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.

How can one preach goodness and love to men without at the same time offering them an interpretation of the World that justifies this goodness and this love?

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

When I was growing up, I wasn’t an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.

What a wee little part of a person’s life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love.

Fear is exciting for me.

For a long time I was scared I’d find out I was like my mother.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.

My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

There’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

Learn to say ‚no‘ to the good so you can say ‚yes‘ to the best.

I have survivor’s curiosity, I guess.

There’s room for role models who make mistakes.

Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

Those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

The fact that you are willing to say, ‚I do not understand, and it is fine,‘ is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don’t like to be hassled.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

I believe time wounds all heels.

Worshipping the Lord means giving Him the place that he must have; worshipping the Lord means stating, believing – not only by our words – that He alone truly guides our lives; worshipping the Lord means that we are convinced before Him that He is the only God, the God of our lives, the God of our history.

Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith.

I’m just going to say it: I’m pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it’s about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we’ve done – or failed to do – with our personal values.

Oh, I’ve always been very… Emotional. ‚Hypersensitive‘ is what they call it, I think.

I’m no genius.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

I don’t see the point of doing an interview unless you’re going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I’m extremely human and have done some dark things I don’t think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I’d like to think it’s the nice thing to do.

The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

I’m always cast in these strange men… that’s not me, really.

I’m fat, but I’m thin inside… there’s a thin man inside every fat man.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.