When I am anxious it is because I am living in the future. When I am depressed it is because I am living in the past.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

Sometimes, however, there is more than hope.Sometimes there is reason.

I'm off the rails, tipping the scales, following the trail, delving into my own custom made form of outer space.

There is not eternal damnation, the only rewards and punishments are right here in this world.

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.

I'm very much about letting other people shine, because it makes us all shine brighter.

... at no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance.

It's hard to outdo the Lord in generosity.

A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource.

We will never enjoy life unless we make a quality decision to do so.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.