I confess it is beyond our power to awaken the heart, but ordinarily this way does good.

Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest.

The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people.

Look whether it be indifferently, as well for sins secret as open, what you find to be your best cordials to comfort you, whether God's Word, or natural means.

So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them.

The Western church needs to regain its confidence in the role of outsiders, relocators who come in humility and grace to learn first and then to offer a different perspective.

..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information.

I'm a very visual person, and I love opening beautiful books on art or design and looking through them.

If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs. If I associate with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights.

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but its good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.

I’ve learned in a hundred ways that I rarely regretted acting but often regretted NOT acting fast enough.

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.

In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.

Certainly a decade and a half out in the real world, bashing my head against things, probably made me into a more textured writer. It gives you something to write about.

I believe in divine forces and energies.