. . . the Christian Mind has succumbed to the secular drift with a degree of weakness unmatched in Christian History.

There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly.

The mental secularization of Christians means that nowadays we meet only as worshipping beings and as moral beings, not as thinking beings.

There is no longer a Christian mind.

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice.

If all else fails, we then factor (fall) into our equation. And pray hard, someone factors (catching us) into theirs.

The strange thing is, this truly horrifying experience planted a seed deep within my heart that germinated and grew into a desire that, I have to admit, I've never completely overcome.

That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive us.

Fine manners are like personal beauty,--a letter of credit everywhere.

I smoke occasionally, but it's not a part of my routine. I mean, I don't need it.

Why not the Bahamas? Or the Corn Palace?

My favorite form is the short story. From an aesthetics stand point you really have to pare down to the bone. You can't write a throw-away scene.

I tend toward the pessimistic end of the spectrum, and unfortunately there's little in human history to convince me that pessimism is unwarranted.

Duhhhhhhh, tanks, Buttercup.