God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that he act in ways that satisfy my idea of justice.

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.

Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.

Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.

The best things in life cannot be willed into being.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

It's not like I cleaned up with girls. I always looked young and I was very small; I hated being 'cute.'

I do not like a haphazard connection between the dances and the music.

I have an obsession with Milk Duds. Eating them tastes like heaven.

I consider myself to be a pretty good judge of people... that's why I don't like any of them.

It's all part of the pattern. This is a story of scandal and corruption, investigations, refusals to take responsibility. If this government continues in office, this will continue.

I began absolutely non-stop tormenting my parents, begging them on a daily basis to move there.

Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.

I wanted to go to university and experience something that I felt like I'd missed. I wanted to be around bright, intelligent young people who were learning about themselves.