I do not know when it was, nor where it was, nor how young I may have been, but I can recall. . . a sudden feeling of happiness at hearing the voice of the pines.

No one can look at a pine tree in winter without knowing that spring will come again in due time.

If we are in tune with Nature, all her music can find a way into the heart. When bird music is rare, their occasional songs are precious to the ear.

Without the voice of reason, every faith is its own c

Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness.

If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny.

I find it a turnoff whenever men aren't into some kind of sport. And, no, video games don't count. I dated a guy who was into video games, and I wanted to shoot myself.

Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'

The higher someone's profile, the easier it is for a defendant to trade him up to the feds. Mr. Big is always a better catch than Mr. Small.

It is in vain for us to devise schemes by which competition can be put out of civilized life. Competition is the condition of life.

Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.

Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother who lets him have one

I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.