The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.

If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions.

Custom without truth is error grown old.

Where our work is, there let our joy be.

A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain

The market follows the artist. The artist does not follow the market.

When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.

No one chooses to raise children alone.

People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.

I have not made many conscious efforts to "re-imagine" songs. I just let them happen the way they're going to happen.

I know God can cut it (popularity) off in a minute.

Americans tend to endorse the use of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia when the question is abstract and hypothetical.

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Stories are the wildest things of all. Stories chase and bite and hunt.

The movie "Ed Wood," about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for "Stargate."