Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours the strength of the church.

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

Everywhere I go, your beauty spills into my day. The trees were never this verdant. The birdsong never this sweet.

Being a human is a great power. One can obtain everything. However, it is the greed that harasses him.

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.

Listen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation.

I closed my eyes to watch tiny dancers like jeweled birds cross the dark screen of my eyelids.

There are far too many self esteem problems in the world as it is. No sense taking on plant guilt, too.

The freedom of personal expression, ideas and imagination, working in collaboration with people from diverse backgrounds - is what's needed to spawn creativity.

There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

An editor is someone dedicated to destroying the work of a creator.

What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.