Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it. A temptation resisted may become more, not less, fierce.

Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig.

Forget happiness. You were called to a throne. How will you prepare for it? That is the question of virtue, Christian style.

Virtue is what happens when habitual choices have been wise.

The future goal is the thing which produces character in the present.

We applaud patience, but prefer it to be a virtue that others possess.

Human" is a kind of midway creature, reflecting God into the world, and reflecting the world back to God.

What Paul understands by holiness or sanctification (is) the learning in the present of the habits which anticipate the ultimate future.

Men inflict injuries from hatred, jealousy or contempt, but the wise man masters all these passions by means of reason.

I ran out the door but it was to late..... i felt a sharp pain in my back as i heard the gun shoot

Religion was (is) always steps ahead of science

Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.

I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

This day I see that pretty much all my correspondences are love letters.

A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.

He only is rich who owns the day.

Principles are the basis for developing a vision and value system for all.

Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue