The question, he (Lincoln) said over and over, is not what a man's particular abilities may be, but what his rights are as a human being made in God's image.

Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him.

He (Lincoln) recognized the delicate balance between immanence and transcendence, refusing to settle for either of these alone. His was a God who was both in the world and above the world.

He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence.

Lincoln matured best in sorrow.

The Biblical language was so deeply embedded in the great man's mind that it became his normal way of speaking.

Upon being given a Bible, President Abraham Lincoln replied, "In regard to this Great book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man.

Deeply convinced of the reality of the divine will, he (Lincoln) had no patience at all with any who were perfectly sure they knew the details of the divine will.

A major element in Lincoln's greatness was the way in which he could hold a strong moral position without the usual accompaniment of self-righteousness.

Man is most free when he is most guided.

His (Lincoln's) patriotism was saved from idolatry by the overwhelming sense of the sovereignty of God.

I've never stopped wanting to cross the equator, or touch an

Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.

I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.

All this time I've just wanted to be blonde, beautiful and 5 feet 2 inches tall.

All music is devotional, whether it's devotion to products, face washes, creams, plastic. Everybody is devoted to something.

Passionately protest mediocrity.

They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good.

I don't even have a type, I don't think. My type is just whoever can get along with me.

Great talkers do not stop for breath, and never look at the clock.

Truth is always straightforward.