A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.

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.

God loves us so much that he doesn’t let us live forever so we can stop making mistakes

Friendships are forgotten when the game begins.

I said, you know they refused Jesus, too. He said, you're not him.

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world

The easiest way to stay awake during an after-dinner speech is to deliver it.

As we learn to share and give and care, love increases. A person who knows how to love does not seem to feel lonely or alone. In this sense, the power of love can become a true weapon against harm.

Twitter makes you a comedian in the same way that digital cameras make you a photographer

I do not believe it is right to identify Islam with violence. This is not right or true.

What is the definition of a friend? Friends are people who make it easier to live the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.