"If your spiritual enemy can’t get you to apply the brakes to keep you from ministering, he may well try to get you to push the gas pedal to the floor, hoping to drive you off a cliff."

"If you push yourself too hard, if you deny yourself legitimate pleasure, if you allow your life to become only about duty, responsibility, and obligation, then eventually you will have a spiritual meltdown, a mental collapse, or an emotional breakdown."

- Gary Thomas, Pure Pleasure