By all means read the Puritans, they are worth more than all the modern stuff put together.

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

Fact and fiction are different truths.

Being a good person has nothing to do with allowing people to destroy you.

If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet.

For me able to do the records I want to do and not have to worry about this producer or that producer or that trend, I'm not really interested in that.

Don't write about what you don't know even if you don't know it.

I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.

Life's all about 'me' anyway

There is no doctrine of the Reason which will bear to be taught by the Understanding.

Getting up on stage and being able to make people feel like their lives are slightly more special than they realize is my only talent, so that's what I use. I use my talent.