God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

The proof of how real Jesus knew hell to be is that He came to earth to save us from it.

God hasn't given up on you. He can still do great things for you, in you, and through you. God is ready and waiting and able. What about you, and me?

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.

Your fiery spirit excites me, Keirah, like nothing I have ever felt before. Yet I have the overwhelming desire to put you over my knee when you don't do as you are told.

But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference.

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.

Modern man is educated to understand foreign languages and misunderstand foreigners.

It's a culture. It's - I mean, people obsess over this. And people create subcultures that identify - and there are people in the streets who will recognize certain patterns and signifiers.

We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty.

I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?

The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; for it is impossible to derive happiness from the company of those whom we deprive of happiness.

A book exists at the intersection of the author's subconscious and the reader's response.