Repentance is the vomit of the soul.

The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.

He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping.

The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.

Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.

Christ dwells in that heart most eminently that hath emptied itself of itself.

Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.

Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord.

Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.

Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men.

Man’s holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man’s greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness.

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

Judging by the sounds of general panic, I want a gun like that.

Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome.

I smile thinly, to make it clear that this will happen when hell turns into a family friendly summer resort.

People recover differently. Some change cities, some fall in love and some begin writing.

Personally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.

Love is a religion, and its rituals cost more than those of other religions. It goes by quickly and, like a street urchin, it likes to mark its passage by a trail of devastation.

I'm the No. 1 artist in the world right now ... I am the No. 1 human being in music.

Hope knows no fear. Hope dares to blossom even inside the abysmal abyss. Hope secretly feeds and strengthens promise.

I do not believe in the Cinema verite. Sometimes a really good lie is better than any truth.