Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels.

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.

There is a pleasure in affecting affectation.

what can we do when even the public conveyances sing? how can we go anywhere, even cross-town how get out of anywhere

There's no exception to the rule, yes, everybody's somebody's fool.

I said, "It seems like you have fond feelings toward your ex-wife. Are you two still close?" "Nah," he said casually. "She thinks I changed my name to Motherfucker."

You will have found Christ when you are concerned with other people’s sufferings and not your own.

What if marriage is really about making us more like Christ, not so much about making us happy?

Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.

To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.

There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.

My love admits no qualifying dross