The relation of this God with this man; the relation of this man with this God--this is the only theme of the Bible and of philosophy.

To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.

Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so?

When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.

I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally.

We must read the Bible through the eyes of shipwrecked people for whom everything has gone overboard.

Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Gratitude evokes grace like the voice and echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightning.

Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

You cannot build an empire hands folded.

If ever asked to look at yourself, don't.

It's a long hard road ahead for you, little warrior. Enjoy a happy day while you can. —Boldred

Every author has the whole past to contend with; all the centuries are upon him. He is compared with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton.

You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave, you are not free.

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.

Man has regarded woman as his tool. She has learnt to be his tool and in the end found it is easy and pleasurable to be such, because when one drags another in his fall, the descent is easy.

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?

There is no me. I do not exist. There used to be a me but I had it surgically removed.

Just because it's common sense, doesn't mean it's common practice.