His mercy, not our merits, make[s] us his.

Jesus loves us not because we are good but because he is.

Jesus does not love any child (young or old) because the child is good. Jesus loves his children because he is good.

We sin not because we do not love Christ at all but because we don’t love him above all.

Sin gains power over us not by its indomitable force but by our divided heart.

God has given his law so that we will experience, not earn, the good he intends for our lives.

After a certain point, all natural bodily changes are for the worst.

The little girl skipped by under the wrinkled oak leaves and held fast to a replica of herself.

Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy.

Lord, let me make a difference for you that is utterly disproportionate to who I am.

I deny that either singers or conductors can "create" or work creatively - this, as I have always said, is a conception that leads to the abyss.

In the United States there has been a kind of a structure in the Modern art world. The New York School was nearly a coherent thing-for a minute.

When I go back into education, I'm going to do business studies.

No man can become perfect until he knows his true nature. And the person who knows his or her true nature cannot be an imperfect.

Away! Away! Tempt me no more insidious love.

People hate negative tactics, but the fact is, as the 3 a.m. ad demonstrates, they can be very effective.