We have already shown that there is no such thing as free will. That's a will-o'-the-wisp. You never make choices without reasons, not as a responsible or a rational person

The main thing between you and God is not so much your sins; it's your damnable good works.

Alongside getting faith out of a heart that is utterly hostile and unbelieving, making a silk purse out of a sow's ear or getting blood from a turnip is child's play.

If the perfect Son of God is unattractive to you, then obviously you are an unattractive person.

One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.

It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear.

If you win all the time, you lose the drama in life. To make the happy moments happy, you need the sad moments too.

Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.

I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter.

There's nothing a woman hates more than her fiance's best friend. He knows all the secrets she's going to spend the rest of her life trying to find out.

Normally, if someone goes bankrupt, you wipe out the debt and get a fresh start. But that's not permitted with student loans. So the effect is to impoverish many graduates with very high debts.

It's a wonderful feeling to experience a shift when you realize that you have the power to change the patterns within yourself.

Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena.