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.

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.

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

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

Images have an advanced religion; they bury history.

I carry my own church about under my own hat," said I. "Bricks and mortar won't make a staircase to heaven. I believe with your Master that the human heart is the best temple.

Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.

I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense.

A full-blooded encounter for a number of reasons, many of them illegitimate.

I do have this reputation for being a serious person.

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

If you want to hire great people and have them stay, you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win.

On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.

Self worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.