Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

Youthful exuberance is splendid.

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians

Never really intended to be a comedian, just sort of fell into that, but always wanted to be in show business, or something to do with making comedy.

God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness.

Successful people form habits that feed their success, instead of habits that feed their failure.

You have the insanity that is geo-engineering which is a case in which you say the planet is heating up. Let's spray some aerosol and cool it down.

The wonder is not that so much cacophony appears in our actual individual lives, but that there is any appearance of harmony and progression.

In L.A., you tend to see a lot of people do very bizarre things. I love it.

It’s short-sighted to think ads won’t one day end up wherever humans are - even the moon.

You're the kiss that puts my soul at ease.