Although spiritual growth puts our wills to the test, after the battle has been won, we recognize that the Lord is the true victor in the struggle.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.

The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.

God is enough like us to understand our problems and enough above us to be able to solve them.

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

Every demonstration of God's faithfulness to us is an opportunity for us to testify of Him to others.

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.

Common sense often makes good law.

There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player

We would play, then they would play a set, then we would jam on the last song.

A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage, he wants to add two or three touches from nature, of course it doesn't spoil anything.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."

No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science.

Never let the mud puddle get lost in the poetry because, in many ways, the mud puddle is the poetry.