I pray God that I may never find my will again. Oh, that Christ would subject my will to His, and trample it under His feet.

Believe God's love and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your rock is Christ, and it is not the rock that ebbs and flows but the sea.

They lose nothing who gain Christ.

Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.

O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without Thee, it would be hell; and if I could be in hell, and have Thee still, it would be heaven to me, for Thou are all the heaven I want.

Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.

In our fluctuations of feelings, it is well to remember that Jesus admits no change in His affections; your heart is not the compass Jesus saileth by.

I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.

Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.

No pen, no words, no image can express to you the loveliness of my only, only Lord Jesus.

The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

I don't write to escape reality, but to show others how to better embrace it. ~ KAL

A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one.

American poetry to me is a sort of relentless, nonstop sermon on human autonomy.

I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it.

I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect. But I was not equal even to that. I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness — a real thorough-going illness.

Crystal sincerity hath found no shelter but in a fool's cap.

New weapons require new tactics. Never put new wine into old bottles.

Young people need something stable to hang on to - a culture connection, a sense of their own past, a hope for their own future. Most of all, they need what grandparents can give them.

Writing is a spiritual path. It helps you listen to your heart, trust your inner guidance, and live your life full-out.

The little time that remains between this moment and our death, should quicken our diligence to inherit the endless and unchangeable eternity of God.