Prayer among men is supposed a means to change the person to whom we pray; but prayer to God doth not change him, but fits us to receive the things prayed for.

See how the skilful lover spreads his toils.

Philosophers and common heathen believed one God, to whom all things were referred; but under this God they worshipped many inferior and subservient gods.

Astrological prayers seem to me to be built on as good reason as the predictions.

Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through.

Peace and wickedness are far asunder.

Error is but the shadow of the truth.

Nothing enlarges the gulf of atheism more than the wide passage that lies between the faith and lives of men pretending to teach Christianity.

A story should, to please, at least seem true, Be apropos, well told, concise, and new: And whenso'er it deviates from these rules, The wise will sleep, and leave applause to fools.

You can only control so much, in the end the rest is up to fate.

I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

Setting clear goals and finding measures that will mark progress toward them can improve the human condition.

Life wants to support you. But first you need to be open to life.

I'm a natural. That's why I make the big bucks.

If he's chasing the full restoration of his legacy, he's chasing something that he really can't get.

There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan.

I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing.

I spend the first half of my day dealing with Europe because of the time difference. Then in the evening my website gets my undivided attention.