Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue.

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.

Speaking the unspeakable. As a leader, you need to not just listen to what’s being said, but more importantly, what's not being said.

In the dark, words get lost.

Out of the mouths of babes comes only bubbles. Out of the mouths of men like me, only babble.

A man's fate is his own temper.

Women, stop buying the lingerie. Stop buying it right now. Oh, it's a big rip off. Oh my god, $18 bucks for panties this big? Come on, one trip through the dryer, and it's a frilly bookmark.

Fruits are snacks, which are rich in vitamins, and can be eaten the whole day.

I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.

A man can choose his enemies but not his supporters.

That's one of the things about being married to a couple of musicians, I have got great iPods. That's what I was left with -- an iPod each.

The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed.