That's how most things are, " Gus replied sagely. "The theory is clean and polished, but the execution is usually an ugly, complicated mess.

It seems that, once introduced into public life, evil easily perpetuates itself, whereas good is always difficult, rare, and fragile. And yet possible.

Suffering shapes the life force, sometimes into anger, sometimes into blame and self-pity. Eventually it may show us the wisdom of embracing and loving life.

All earth's candles cannot make daylight if the Sun of Righteousness be eclipsed. He is the soul of our soul, the light of our light, the life of our life.

This man was once my salvation. Now, he will be my ruin.

One of the things I really dislike about Christians is their hypocrisy

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

I'm really close to my family, and I really want one of my own. But the wedding, it's not necessary for me.

Civilization is the world with its leg asleep.

I developed osteoporosis of the personality. My thought processes became brittle.

What we need to be assured of is not that we possess an excellent system of doctrine and ritual, but that the gift of the Holy Spirit is a reality.