Sin is bad in the eye, worse in the tongue, worse still in the heart, but worst of all in the life.

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.

The idiot willingness to choose sides is what feeds the abattoir of history.

It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.

Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.

Come Senators, Congressman, please heed the call, don't stand in the doorway, don't block the hall.

It is ridiculous to think that you can spend your entire life with just one person. Three is about the right number. Yes, I imagine three husbands would do it?

I want to find myself a girl who can show me what laughter means, and we'll fill in the missing numbers in each others paint-by-numbers dreams.

The six things in life that never get boring are knowing and loving God, your neighbor, and yourself.

David Pietrusza has a gift for making the past both real and dramatically gripping.

It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future.

The frost makes a flower, the dew makes a star.