If I wish to be well in my mind, then I must write, and there is no cure for my ambition, and thank the Lord for that.

Wedlock is a narrow business.

I know that great gifts come at a price, and that not all talent inspires admiration.

I speak of knowledge, sir, which is not the bed-equal of learning ... I speak of what comes from learning. I speak of understanding.

Only God knows when the alarm will sound, ending the work and ministry of evangelism as we have known it.

I love sunrises. They always signify something new and something beautiful. The darkness fading away.

This day, you are free, because you have chosen to be free – and because of your choice, your days of insignificance are over.

What a revolution in her ideas!

Once when I was golfing in Georgia, I hooked the ball into the swamp. I went in after it and found an alligator wearing a shirt with a picture of a little golfer on it.

If by saying that all men are born equal, you mean that they are equally born, it is true, but true in no other sense; birth, talent, labor, virtue, and providence, are forever making differences

Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in kind.

The Christian life is never static. One must either grow in grace, or there will be backsliding and deterioration.

Certainly there will always be stories.

When I say 'I am a Christian', I'm not shouting 'I'm saved'. I'm whispering 'I get lost'. That is why I chose this way.