God will not be absent when His people are on trial; he will stand in court as their advocate, to plead on their behalf.

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

My heart is my home.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

All the world old is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.

You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.

A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark.

I couldn't really jet off to the States on a whim and a prayer.

Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.

Believe me, a thousand friends suffice thee not; In a single enemy thou hast more than enough.

Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund