A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.

Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him.

For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

If tribulation is a necessary element in redemption, we must anticipate that it will never cease till God sees the world to be either redeemed or no further redeemable.

Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.

Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them.

Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God.

... the possibility of pain is inherent in the very existence of a world where souls can meet.

I do not think either virginity or old age contemptible, and some of the shrewdest minds I have met inhabited the bodies of old maids.

Man is now a horror to God and himself and a creature ill-adapted to the universe not because God made him so but because he has made himself so by the abuse of his free will.

It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word.

Hello winter! My heart is warm and ready to enjoy your cool loving touch of beauty and splendor.

But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it.

Inspiration comes to us slowly and quietly . prime it with a little solitude.

I hate hateful people.

I've done a lot of tough stories over the years. I've done a lot of profiles over the years that have not always been, shall we say, helpful for the person who is being written about.

I've never been able to grow an organ back," Lana said. "Last time I tried... Let's just hope you don't end up with whip eyes.

If the pain wanders, do not waste your time with doctors.

I can do only one thing, like a little dog follow closely the Master's footsteps. Pray that I be a cheerful dog.

It was a rivalry-revenge game for us. They beat us very badly on our field last year.