The spirit of prayer is the fruit and token of the Spirit of adoption.

I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am

Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.

When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on themselves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others.

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.

Our work is great; our time is short; the consequences of our labors are infinite.

May we sit at the foot of the cross; and there learn what sin has done, what justice has done, what love has done.

Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.

If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer - His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.

Christ has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; and has left us on earth, with His nature, to represent Him.

This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus.

The prayer of the church determines the history and the fate of its people as well as the whole earth

When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

Always that tyrannical love reaches out. Soft words shrivel me like quicklime. She will not allow me to be cold, hungry. She will insist that I take her own coat, her own food.

One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.

I don't think the problem that we have today is overzealous believers. I think the problem we have is underzealous believers.

I feel like a teenager myself, so I appreciate it when the kids think you're all right.

In my youth, I spent my time investigating insects.

In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.

Don't look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you're doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you're dead.

George Clooney is a wonderful philanthropist. But I've heard regular people say, "Would he just shut up and be hot?"