Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong; and the epitaph for the sinner is, "Thou fool!"

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.

Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.

The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.

He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.

If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes.

The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.

No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.

The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.

Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.

We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people.

The most terrifying thing in the world was having to give a speech at my girlfriend's wedding. I was physically shaking and sweating the entire time.

I have very strict rules in my head that seem to me to be the way things should sound.

No matter what, I always have expensive designer shoes. It's all about the shoes for me.

To all librarians everywhere, God bless you.

Love affairs have always greatly interested me, but I do not greatly care for them in books or moving pictures. In a love affair, I wish to be the hero, with no audience present.

The person who is really in revolt is the optimist, who generally lives and dies in a desperate and suicidal effort to persuade other people how good they are.

We never see ourselves as heroes and sometimes when we do it is a hero that has made a fortune as a clown or a boxer. And there is no lasting value in either one of those.

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials

I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in my mind before it actually became an electronic song.