Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It read more

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of read more

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and
listen to the speech of God. His read more

It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and
listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full
of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for
which he listened.

I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.

I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.

How to make God laugh: Tell him your future plans.

How to make God laugh: Tell him your future plans.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is read more

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper.

God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So
then neither is he that planteth any thing, read more

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So
then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that
watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of read more

Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of his sojourn in the world.