I ground my faith upon God's word, and not upon the church.

The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith.

Deny the world, defy the devil, despise the flesh, and delight yourself only in the Lord.

The highest earthly enjoyments are but a shadow of the joy I find in reading God's Word.

The works of God are great mysteries and may truly always be hidden from us, however it is not wrong to lead your own personal enquiry through your prayers to the Lord.

God and posterity will show me more favour

Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit!

I do wash my hands in innocency, before God and the face of you, good Christian people this day.

God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me.

Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gift of utterance, if it pleased him also to open the eyes of your heart.

I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I'm always finding something funny.

Younger people are younger a little longer these days, so we know a lot of 32-year-olds who are still quite young, haven't quite gotten their life paths completely decided yet.

I felt that I committed myself too much. I promised too much. But that way it's exciting.

[on her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on The X-Files (1993)] I am more spontaneous than my character.

In the immortal words of Roberto Duran, we are saying, 'No mas!' We will educate students and then promote them, not the reverse

You do not see with the lens of the eye. You seen through that, and by means of that, but you see with the soul of the eye.

That's the funny thing about religion: it doesn't matter what you say, you're going to upset someone.

You don't do anything to further your stay aboard a ship that you see is going to go down to the bottom of the ocean.

Ever wonder how many angels you have? All of them. They insisted.

I can't say I'm anything like a devoted animal rights activist, but I certainly oppose cruelty to animals.