The mind doesn’t harass you

The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of the trial and in the exaltation after the combat.

Realize that your gift does not belong merely to you

Leave your mark on the world by leaving behind a child who grows up to love and serve the Lord.

If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the black man.

Your heart has a little empty corner. You won't even know I'm there -- I'll be very quiet.

I think in all of us there is a profound longing for friendship, a deep yearning for the satisfaction and security that close and lasting friendships can give.

I don't entirely agree with the slogan "speaking truth to power."

I brought my lips down to hers, and it was like everything that had ever happened to me had simply been a warm-up for this moment, that this was where my life truly began.

I think I was born with a suitcase.

History is too much about wars; biography too much about great men.