Let the scriptures refresh you.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

As in roulette, same is true of the stock trader, who will find that the expense of trading weights the dice heavily against him.

The right of smokers to smoke ends where their behavior affects the health and well-being of others.

All of the secrets the vampires held dear have been exposed, and the humans can now fight back as equals in a way, which is scary.

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten.

I have lived too long in foreign parts

It starts with organizing the corruption and it ends with organizing the terror.

There is a time to separate from our mother. But unless we are ready to separate-unless we are ready to leave her and be left-anything is better than separation.

The best thing for the inside of a man, is the outside of a horse.

A poem is, so to speak, a way of making you forget how you wrote it.

I didn't want to chase movies. It's too hard. You've got to work at it - opening nights, photo shoots, publicity people, managers. I never wanted to do that. I'm too lazy.