Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gift of utterance, if it pleased him also to open the eyes of your heart.

The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith.

Deny the world, defy the devil, despise the flesh, and delight yourself only in the Lord.

The highest earthly enjoyments are but a shadow of the joy I find in reading God's Word.

The works of God are great mysteries and may truly always be hidden from us, however it is not wrong to lead your own personal enquiry through your prayers to the Lord.

God and posterity will show me more favour

Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit!

I do wash my hands in innocency, before God and the face of you, good Christian people this day.

God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me.

If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.

When you forgive, you are freed from some of the feelings of disapproval and it can contribute to lessening your negative thoughts.

A scientist is proud of his intelligence, an artist is proud of his imagination.

The evolution theory is one of the dumbest and most dangerous religion in history of humanity.

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue.

The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.

There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war. As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.

I wasn't hired to be a moral judge. I wasn't hired to be a preacher or an evangelist. I'm hired to apply the law.

No whining, no complaining about anyone. Everybody in your life has come to teach you lessons.

It's amazing to know that 5 years ago I was writing songs in a basement in the ghetto and now I'm writing for Michael Jackson. I'd be a fool not to say it's a dream come true.