Pride is no respecter of persons. The serious thinkers may be humble, and the careless mystics may be arrogant.

I count myself as one of the number of those who learn as they write and write as they learn.

Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces pride instead of love is not true thinking.

The humility of wisdom is the happy consciousness that all things come from God, are sustained by God, and exist for God. This wisdom is rooted in the pride-destroying, joy-giving cross of Christ.

Never give up. Dare to Dream. Dare to believe.

If God had a flower for each moment He thought of you, the whole universe would be a garden.

Laughter and imagination can overcome any ill-felt sensations.

I know too well the poison and the sting Of things too sweet.

We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.

Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.

I don't go around looking at my pictures.

Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a ripe tree. What the general reader or the critic makes of them is not my concern.

You do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that for people who are using any drugs. I think they absolutely need treatment.

The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian life.