The ability to hope and dream.

What if those deep desires in our hearts are telling us the truth, revealing to us the life we were meant to live? God gave us eyes so that we might see; he gave us ears that we might hear; he gave us will that we might choose, and he gave us hearts that we might live. The way we handle the heart is everything.

The outer life we live from ought (I ought to do this) rather than from desire (I want to do this) and management substitutes for mystery.

For every habit we have, for every experience we go through over and over, for every pattern we repeat, there is a NEED WITHIN US for it.

The only failure is not knowing how to be happy."

Faith does not quench desire, but inflames it.

Faith is not in your head. Faith is in your heart. Sometimes you have to turn your mind off and listen to your heart.

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'

I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.

It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to "seeking first the kingdom.

The problem with people, according to Jesus, is not that we are too happy for God's taste, but that we are not happy enough.

So much as we see of the love of God, so much shall we delight in him, and no more.