Christ, having sacrificed himself once, is to eternity a certain and valid sacrifice for the sins of all faithful.

The Christian life, then, is a battle, so sharp and full of danger that effort can nowhere be relaxed without loss.

I beseech Christ for this one thing only, that He will enable me to endure all things courageously, and that He break me as a potter’s vessel or make me strong, as it pleases Him.

If we grow wiser and more learned in our intercourse with wise and learned persons, how much more will we gain in our inner life by communing with God in prayer.

Everything that is true is God's word, whoever may have said it.

Even if we were not sinful by nature, the sin of having private property would suffice to condemn us before God; for that which he gives us freely, we appropriate to ourselves.

Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever.

Nona was as wacky as they came.

Knowing too much had turned him into something else, and he wasn't sure he liked this newer him, although he felt he could not stop being this other him, darker.

I love kids. I just love kids. They put you in a good mood and they are so full of life.

With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.

No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.

All our problems are spiritual, and our only spiritual problem is not realizing we are spiritual.

The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother or father. And you know what they say? I could never do that!'

I think love is the core emotion. Without that, and I've certainly existed without that, it's a very empty life.

To mind being disliked by a woman you don’t desire and are not married to is yet another serious failure of common sense.