Praising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men; in praise we act like angels.

Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.

God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.

Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.

A weak faith can lay hold on a strong Christ.

Knowledge without repentance will be but a torch to light men to hell.

Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.

The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.

Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.

How many souls have been blown into hell with the wind of popular applause?

A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.

Sometimes, when you attempt to run away from your true calling, all roads will conspire to lead you back to where you came from.

Some people need a theology of an angry God to justify their anger against sinners.

Where am I coming from? Where am I going? A fusillade of question marks.

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead.

Sin is essentially a departure from God.

If you can't recognize the man in the mirror, it is time to step back and see when you stopped being yourself.

Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters' own money.

I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.