“The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.”

“God may not give us what we Want, but He always gives us what we Need!”

“If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster. We come to God saying, "Look at all I've done," or maybe "Look at all I've suffered." God, however, wants us to look to him - to just wash.”

“Why God should want and need us is a mystery. But it is true: otherwise he would not have created us and life would ultimately have no meaning for us. It is good to remember that in God the is a constancy, a consistency of attitude which never changes, irrespective of what we are or how we act: he never changes in is wanting us or needing us.”

“This is one reason people need to believe in God—because we want someone to know us, truly, all the way through, even the worst of us.”

“God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.”