Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end.

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?

In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.

sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.

A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.

When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.