Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained.

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.

This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him that image and likeness of God which he has lost.

If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.

Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.

I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.

Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us.

To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with all the fulness of God, is greatest of all.

As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.

The same sun that hardens the clay softens the wax.

How much you can love others without expectations will define who you are.

Italians do not regard food as merely fuel. They regard it as medicine for the soul, one of life's abiding pleasures.

As all things eternal and primordial reappear, so all things mortal return to the earth. Honor, old age, probity, justice, constance, virtue, and gentleness are all gathered into the cold tomb.

Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

Wish all my corpses would do that.

A death sentence will be issued, a death sentence will be implemented. A life sentence will be issued, a life sentence will be implemented.

Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.

When we no longer seek God for His blessings, we have time to seek Him for Himself.

But how do we even get to the land of the dead?” I asked. “I mean…without dying.

Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.