Astrological prayers seem to me to be built on as good reason as the predictions.

See how the skilful lover spreads his toils.

Philosophers and common heathen believed one God, to whom all things were referred; but under this God they worshipped many inferior and subservient gods.

Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through.

Prayer among men is supposed a means to change the person to whom we pray; but prayer to God doth not change him, but fits us to receive the things prayed for.

Peace and wickedness are far asunder.

Error is but the shadow of the truth.

Nothing enlarges the gulf of atheism more than the wide passage that lies between the faith and lives of men pretending to teach Christianity.

A story should, to please, at least seem true, Be apropos, well told, concise, and new: And whenso'er it deviates from these rules, The wise will sleep, and leave applause to fools.

It's stories that inspire people to change. It's stories that make them believe things can be better.

When my heart is better, less shrunken, I will throw her out there to love again, without hesitation, even knowing what we know.

For me, setting and description is a challenge. I always want to get that part just right, and sometimes the words won't work.

Art is life, life is art - the question is what came first?

Traditionally parents have wondered what their teens were doing, but now teens are much more likely to be doing things that can get them killed.

So when [Donald Trump] makes his address on the 40 days that he has been president, he has nothing to show for it but fear in every way.

Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.

I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love pop music.

I want to lay up like that, to float unstructured, without ambition or anxiety. I want to inhabit my life like a porch.

In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.