The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it.

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

Tea should be taken in solitude.

You can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table.

I could never have gone far in any science because on the path of every science the lion Mathematics lies in wait for you.

Straight tribulation is easier to bear than tribulation which advertises itself as pleasure.

That is why I often find myself at such cross-purposes with the modern world: I have been a converted Pagan living among apostate Puritans.

I fancy that most of those who think at all have done a great deal of their thinking in the first fourteen years.

Divine punishment are also mercies.

It is not settled happiness but momentary joy that glorifies the past.

You‘ve been given the innate power to shape your life.

It is better to live with faith than fear.

Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.

I keep getting these people at my shows who only know me from television. I can always tell when they're, like, emotionally flinching when I start doing my jokes.

Christians are not perfect, and all of us do sin along the way. But genuine Christians hear His voice and follow Him.

When you love someone, them being hurt is worse than any pain that you could suffer.

I've caught belief like a disease. I've fallen into belief like I fell in love.

I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'd rather be able to know that I've made a choice that's right for me, than saying yes because I don't want my agents to be upset with me.

In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete.

We must endure our thoughts all night, until the bright obvious stands motionless in the cold.