“Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.”

“They may think they understand how God works, but if were were able to understand how God works, we wouldn't need faith, now would we?”

“Even if God exists, does He know that you do?”

“You cannot love God if you are under the continual secret suspicion that he is really your enemy! … You simply cannot love God unless you know and understand how much he loves you. … In the gospel, you can come to know that God truly loves you through Christ. When you have this assurance, you can even love your enemies, because you know that you are reconciled to God. You know that God’s love will make people’s hatred of you work together for your good.”

“Fame is foolish, it is pointless, meaningless. Even if the whole world knows you, how does it make you richer? How does it make your life more blissful? How does it help you to be more understanding, to be more aware? To be more alert, to be more alive?”

“Say yes to life, even though you know it may devour you.”