Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

It is not about the glory of the human form more about being human.

Follow the trace of timeuntil the startcollapses with the endin the space of the heart.

Ever been so happy for someone and so aware of how lonely their happiness makes you feel at the same time?

God would never make man in his image, because that would then make him as vain as what man is.

Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.

I have not been an easygoing guy. I think it's called bipolar manic depression. I've got a rich history of that in my family.

My sister Tiffany told me years ago, 'You can never write about me.' Then she called six months ago and said she wanted to be in a story. She was worried people thought I didn't like her.

Sentimentality is unearned emotion.

One of the most interesting things in the world to me is the vast difference between what people say they are going to do, and what they actually do.

I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.