Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever

As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositions of who he is, and what he teaches, insofar as taking for granted our own caricatures of him. Let it boil in both mind and heart the question, 'If Jesus were to appear today, how many of us would actually recognize him and his teachings (or would it simply be a recount of his first visit)?

To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.

The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.

I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded.

Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.