And let me say only this one word more: that the little things that a little Christian does are not any more than the larger things that an older Christian does.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.

Purpose is what gives life meaning.

Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners.

All true manliness grows around a core of divineness.

All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.

Faith is the heroism of the intellect.

Virtue is safe only when it is inspired.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.

Laws of Nature are God's thoughts thinking themselves out in the orbs and the tides.

Joy of life is to be content.

If you want more from life — start by counting your blessings instead of counting your losses, deficits and wants.

What is most personal is most universal.

A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.

The subject may be of first importance to the artist when he starts a picture, but it should be of least importance in the finished product. The subject is of no aesthetic significance.

It doesn't matter how much his mother loves him; love is not enough to keep any of us alive.

The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back door.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. inscription on Kazantakis's tomb in Heraklion, Greece

My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels.

Pakistan is running away from talks which will be held only when we get reply. Time available is only tonight.