The hardest test I ever faced in my life was praying.

There is no people so brutish or barbarous that they do not know that they must believe in a god, even if they do not know precisely what god they should worship.

The man who would truly know God must give time to Him.

When we no longer seek God for His blessings, we have time to seek Him for Himself.

People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.

People with religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.

You begin to string words together like beads to tell a story. You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments of grace or joy or transcendence, to make real or imagined events come alive. But you cannot will this to happen. It is a matter of persistence and faith and hard work. So you might as well just go ahead and get started.

To search for God is to have found God is deeply profound, because the belief we hold in the existence of another world opens space within us, and around us, which creates a more radiant reality.

When the sky is dark and you are struggling to see, hear Christ ask you, "Who are you looking for?" Respond with joy, "For You, Lord. I am looking for You!

I had a battle going on in my head: shall I just enjoy my life and then convert on my deathbed? But I felt I couldn't do that - it was now or never - so I took a step of faith and became a Christian.

God is infinitely valuable. I can't think of anything that would have a greater impact on your life than for you to believe that.

Attempt something so impossible that unless God is in it, it's doomed to failure.