There is more evil in a drop of sin than in a sea of affliction.

Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.

God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.

Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.

A weak faith can lay hold on a strong Christ.

Knowledge without repentance will be but a torch to light men to hell.

Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.

The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.

Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.

How many souls have been blown into hell with the wind of popular applause?

A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.

To be, or not to be: what a question!

We are born among relatives. Family is defined by loyalty.

When something is truly meant for YOU, you won't have to force it, rush it, or manipulate it.

Talking about God is not at all the same thing as experiencing God or acting out God through our lives.

Truth cannot be structured or confined.

I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch.

A lot of what I am looking for is a moment of astonishment, he says. Those moments of pure consciousness when you involuntarily inhale and say 'Wow!'

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden. Along with sunshine, there's got to be a little rain sometime.

If something is not to your liking, change your liking.

An hereditary aristocracy... will change the form of our governments from the best to the worst in the world.