My four articles of faith: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity.

Less is more.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.

I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.

Thought is action in rehearsal.

A clear sentence is no accident.

If the nails are weak, your house will collapse. If your verbs are weak and your syntax is rickety, your sentences will fall apart.

Sorrow is the violent smashing of reason, in that reason has no power over it.

Cease striving. Then there will be transformation.

There is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called sportsmanship.

Why do we people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute?

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.

As we mature spiritually, we exhibit a growing capacity to care for and appreciate one another in the body of Christ, regardless of our differences.

Just as we need the courage to be happy, we also need the courage to live simply.

The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better.

Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.