We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God’s side.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

Enjoy the successes that you have and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many times we beat up on ourselves. Just relax and enjoy it.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well.

Originality is so hip and cool, but to be original you must dare to be corny.

Not seeing rivers is also another way of dying.

You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.

My father's sister never married in order to raise me.

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.

I can, and do, walk the street. No one bothers me or anything, because most people wouldn't know who I am.

The choices and decisions we make in terms of how we use the land ultimately affect our very DNA. Environmental issues are life issues.

They are mad men (Jews), but you should not burn them for that.