Institutions are essential in order to preserve the achievement of the past, but the original creative impulse in every age comes from the amateur, the rebel, the breaker of idols.

... what counts in life usually cannot be counted.

... on every important issue life transcends logic and it is folly to depend on reason alone.

For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.

Do not allow the negative experiences of your past to block your future blessings

We have gotten so use to humor being something nasty and offensive that we started to believe that was the only way to get a laugh.

The one surefire key to victory as a Christian in this fallen world is to be filled with the Holy Spirit—that is, to be completely submitted to and empowered by him.

I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally irritation.

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death

The Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom.

It is not enough merely to win; others must lose.

I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away.

Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.