I have a hard time picturing several aspects of the modern world without Luther.

A saint has to be a misfit. A person who embodies what his culture considers typical or normal cannot be exemplary.

God, through Jesus Christ, welcomes you anyhow.

The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.

All the truly deep people have at the core of their being the genius to be simple or to know how to seek simplicity

If you go deep enough into any faith tradition, you find the common ground with all faith traditions.

Each conquest of distance reveals greater distance.

To give the whole store away to match what this year's market says the unchurched want is to have the people who know least about the faith determine most about its expression.

I do not take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything.

Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by mself.

It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career.

We should have all our communications with men, as in the presence of God; and with God, as in the presence of men.

When you have the most votes of anybody that tells you where the party is. I think the party got lost to a certain extent.

The moment an athlete doesn't train, things start to get a bit rusty.

All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But... I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.

The secret to healthy conflict resolution isn't taking a 'you against me' stance. The secret is realizing it's 'us against Satan.' He's the real enemy.

Whenever I see something that challenges me, I take it on.

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose