Faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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.

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

I love to crunch numbers. I look at how many fairways I hit, how many greens I hit. I plan my way around the golf course.

The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.

It’s in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out.

Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the free!

Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees.

I think that’s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: “This is the level that things could be at.”

I own a lot of shoes; I am not sure how many.

God is in everything whether I'm mentioning him or not.

The love boat has crashed against the everyday.