We take comfort, however, that mystery is not a synonym for contradiction.

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.

...but sometimes mindless entertainment was a release of its own. Most important, mindless entertainment didn’t come with complications.

I've been really interested in focusing on the aspects of my Russian heritage I'm proud of. I'm actually em­barrassed to tell people I'm Russian, because it's become such an awful place.

I was the only male of the Arnaz family in my generation.

I don't use my lips. I use my tongue to make - create the vowels.

We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe in America.

Why are you afraid of death? Where you are, death is not. Where death is, you are not. What is it that you fear.

Most people can do nothing at all well

The Hollies, after I left in 1968, had the audacity, the gall, to have three number one records after I left. Thanks a lot, guys.

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world.

I don't wait for moods - you'd never get anything done if you did.