Consider the lilies of the field how they grow they neither toil nor spin yet I tell you even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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.

Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

Acquiring knowledge doesn't bring power into your life, until you apply what you have learned.

The Bible is the greatest literature of all times.

To work for the sheer joy of it, to wake up and be really excited on a Monday, to love what you do so much that the idea of a long vacation looks boring - that's living.

Are you a monster if you kill monsters, especially if those monsters are inside your head?

In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.

I am looking for the disconnected connection

What critics often ask for is the impossible, though this may be a salutary means of extending the borders of art.

The Bible is a wonderful book; you can prove anything you want with it.

I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.