We are cosmic traitors. We must recognize this problem within ourselves if we are to grasp the necessity of the cross.

Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered.

A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.

To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.

When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.

It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.

God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.

Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.

We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.

We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.

God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I vote for Him or not.

The way to learn about a writer is to read the text. Or texts.

How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.

Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.

The mass starts into a million suns; Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst, And second planets issue from the first.

The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.

We know that someone who has channeled his anger into something constructive has not had a cow. How do we know these things?

I just never felt so fantastically rocky in my entire life.

You shouldn't be shot just because someone yells, "Halt" or resisting arrest or running away from being arrested.

I make a gesture that is intended to convey, "Hey, no hurry, talk as long as you'd like," and probably actually conveys, "Hey, look at me! I have spastic hands.

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.