That is faith, cleaving to Christ, twining round Him with all the tendrils of our heart, as the vine does round its support.

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.

Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.

The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ.

He who has the Holy Spirit in His heart and the Scripture in his hands has all he needs.

If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes.

The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.

No man loveth God except the man who has first learned that God loves him.

The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.

Fruitful and acceptable worship begins before it begins.

Isn't it true that a pleasant house makes winter more poetic, and doesn't winter add to the poetry of a house?

Who's to say? Life is not, as we are taught, a matter of seeking answers, but rather learning which are the questions we should ask.

I'm very distanced from the comics industry. I love the comics medium, but I have no time for the industry.

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.

Whoever thinks much and to good purpose easily forgets his own experiences, but not the thoughts which these experiences have called forth.

Personality in man is what is "not his own" . . . what come from outside, what he has learned, or reflects, all traces of exterior impressions left in the memory.

The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.

The problem with popularity is that if it gets too popular everybody leaves and goes somewhere else.

[On sister Kim's pregnancy] The new year, we've got another child coming, so that's great. Kim's never had a baby, so it's going to be a beautiful blessing.

For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.