...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgotten peach at the back of the refrigerator.

The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God.

I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God.

Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy.

God has made us to be conduits of his grace. The danger is in thinking the conduit should be lined with gold. It shouldn't. Copper will do.

The Word frees us from smallness of mind (1 Kings 4:29) and from threatening confinements (Psalm 18:19).

A prayerless Christian is like a bus driver trying alone to push his bus out of a rut because he doesn't know Clark Kent is on board.

The call of Christ is a call to live a life of sacrifice and loss and suffering--a life that would be foolish to live if there were no resurrection from the dead.

One of the greatest keys to happiness is realizing it has no doors.

Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets.

Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another. [Disgraces are like cherries, one draws another.]

Never make a principle out of your experience. Allow God to be as creative with others as He is with you.

A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it.

To the solid ground Of nature trusts the Mind that builds for aye.