By the light of nature we see God as a God above us, by the light of the law we see Him as a God against us, but by the light of the gospel we see Him as Emmanuel, God with us.

Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.

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

Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.

The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.

It was the greatest honor God did to man that he made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God that he has made God in the image of man.

The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.

There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.

No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.

After a storm comes a calm.

Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.

The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time.

I don't know if I really watched any Disney animation as a kid.

The failure of modern living is the failure of the imagination...Literature is the royal road that enables us to enter the realm of the imagination.

People at the University of Portland were accepting and loving and open-minded. When you have a safety net, it allows you to take risks.

I'd been fired by CBS News in a semipublic way, and as the months went by, there was a perception that I was damaged goods.

Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane.

If your vision dies with you, you failed.

Friendship is but a name, faith is an empty name. Alas, it is not safe to praise to a friend the object of your love; as soon as he believes your praises, he slips into your place.

Things are always changing. Part of being successful here is being comfortable with not knowing what's going to happen.

The end of spring- the poet is brooding about editors.