Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

The real satanist is not quite so easily recognized as such

The kingdom of God is within you.

With God, all things are possible.

A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself.

Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.

There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

That somehow dreams are a blurred line between here and there, like a meeting room in a prison. You’re both in the same room, yet on different sides and really, in different worlds.

Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted as an artefact of your mental illness.

The American dream always meant that anybody willing to put in a hard day's work could make a decent living. That's just not true anymore for people without at least some post-high school education.

Good intentions but bad results; bad results but lessons learned. There is a dark corner on every task beautiful and a beautiful corner on every task dark.

If you don't disturb yourself, like a broken gong does not vibrate, then you have achieved nirvana. Irritability no longer exists for you.

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature.

Give me a mandolin and I'll play you rock 'n' roll.

Weakness is a great bully without knowing it.

John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived.