There are so many needs in the world, and our hearts cannot carry them all. You must walk to the priorities God has set before you.

I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.

Years ago I was asked this question: Do terrorists fear anything? I said, 'I suspect they would fear a morally strong America.' They would know that a morally strong America would not be dislodged. You can always appeal to a point of vulnerability which would break a people up. [Terrorists] don't fear so much the weaponry as the moral courage, and I think a morally strong America would be intimidating to them.

The loneliest people in the world are those who have exhausted pleasure and come away empty.

Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining.

One often sees a call only in retrospect. This too is God's design. God often reinforces our faith after we trust him, not before.

God put enough into the world to make faith in Him a reasonable thing. But He left enough out to make it impossible to live by reason alone.