Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

The real satanist is not quite so easily recognized as such

The kingdom of God is within you.

With God, all things are possible.

A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself.

Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.

There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

Once Trump got his hands around this promising idea, he basically strangled it.

By the time I was fourteen the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing.

The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics

Some must delve when the dawn is nigh; Some must toil when the noonday beams; But when might comes, and the soft winds sigh, Every man is a King of Dreams.

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

The Indians long ago knew that music was going on permanently and that hearing it was like looking out a window at a landscape which didn't stop when one turned away.

When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.

Your task is to stand straight; not to be held straight.

The truth is always the strongest argument.

When someone offers me a job or a project, I always ask myself, "What does it tell me about the world?" and "Have I seen it before?" Two good questions.