I don't know what our government does except put us into debt and blow up other countries.
We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God.
The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified as ‘Christians’ will become disciples – students, apprentices, practitioners – of Jesus Christ, steadily learning from him how to live the life of the Kingdom of the Heavens into every corner of human existence.
The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become. That's what you will take into eternity.
We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.
A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.
We're not here to prove we're right; we're here to help people.
There were two unpleasant surprises [about Washington]. One was the inertia of Congress, the length of time it takes to get a complicated piece of legislation through. . . and the other was the irresponsibility of the press.
Each of us is responsible for everything and to every human being.
The government's not going to create jobs. It doesn't have to. People have to create jobs.
Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.