Every selfish man, strangely enough, becomes a self slayer

The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return.

Prayer is not a painful effort to gain from God help in the varying needs of life. Prayer is the desire to possess God Himself

If we do not bear the cross of the Master, we will have to bear the cross of the world, with all its earthly goods. Which cross have you taken up? Pause and consider.

Prayer does not mean asking God for all kinds of things we want, it is rather the desire for God Himself, the only Giver of Life.

Prayer is continual abandonment to God.

From my many years experience I can unhesitatingly say that the cross bears those who bear the cross.

If true happiness depended on the thoughts of man, then all philosophers and deep thinkers would be filled to overflowing with it.

God's patience is infinite. Men, like small kettles, boil quickly with wrath at the least wrong. Not so God. If God were as wrathful, the world would have been a heap of ruins long ago.

Those who determine not to put self to death will never see the will of God fulfilled in their lives.

Many people despise those who spend their health, strength and money for the salvation of others, and call them mad. And yet it is they who will save many and be saved themselves.

She glanced at me brieflyI looked at her longingly, so she believed Finally relieved.

Don’t worry. Cast your anxieties upon the Lord!

She's beautiful and therefore to be woo'd: She is a woman therefore to be won.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

Art is not some sort of guideline for understanding. It's a thing unto itself.

Healing comes when we choose to walk away from darkness and move towards a brighter light.

There's an entire universe in every single tweet, and it all really depends on the content as far as how it's going to spread.

To me, the reason to write about [Buckminster] Fuller is because I think that he has ideas that are incredibly pertinent.

I didn't pay close enough scrutiny to some of the other things that Louis Farrakhan was saying, that's something I just live and learn.

Happiness consists of being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone.