We must have a warrant for our prayers. If we have some great desire, we must search the scriptures to find if it be right to ask it.

The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation.

Moses spent forty years thinking he was somebody; forty years learning he was nobody; and forty years discovering what God can do with a nobody.

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.

God doesn't expect the impossible from us. He wants us to expect the impossible from Him!

I'd rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.

Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all.

Real true faith is man's weakness leaning on God's strength.

I have never met a man who has given me as much trouble as myself.

Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the Christian.

He who kneels the most, stands the best.

This is Long Island, land of the rushed, home of the stressed.

When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.

If you're going through a divorce and you're in a comedy you have to find some way to find the funny side of things even though you might not want to.

They were connoisseurs of boredom. They savoured the various bouquets of the subtly differentiated boredoms which rose from the long, wasted hours at the dead end of night.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

God often guides by what He doesn't provide.

God had one Son without sin, but He never had a son without trial.

It's wonderful for the players. It's a huge challenge and a huge responsibility for us to get our act together, get our butts in gear. Phil isn't going to bail us out because of our mental lapses.

Miracles seldom occur in the lives of those who do not consider them possible.

The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.