It is a great thing to be a really good forgiver.

I have learned that my quenchless longing for life is, after all, unconsciously, a secret, unutterable yearning after God; for how can you conceive of life apart from Him?

If the church is to impress the world with the deathless hope of the everlasting Gospel, she must be animated by that hope herself.

The wisdom of God is what we ought to seek.

The great object is to find the theory of the matter [of X-rays] before anyone else, for nearly every professor in Europe is now on the warpath.

I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.

Only an extraordinary person can turn opportunity into reality.

My jobs on campaigns were pretty low on the totem pole - I was an advance man.

The only time to believe any kind of rating is when it shows you at the top.

Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it.

When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.

I always say that a poet loves the world, and the prose writer needs to create an alternative world.

The great thing about hockey players is that they are able to separate the on-ice from the off-ice and not let the latter distract them.