An ill life will effectually drown the voice of the most eloquent ministry.

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.

The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words.

Not only don't I know what tomorrow will bring, I'm still not entirely certain what yesterday brought?

The age-old and noble thought of 'I will lay down my life to save another,' is nothing more than cowardice.

There's only one kind of tax that would please everybody - one that nobody but the other guy has to pay.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

I'm always chasing rainbows, Waiting to find a little bluebird in vain.

Zen is poetry; poetry is Zen.

Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men... they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.

There's nothing as human as hunger. There's no creation without talent, I give you that, but talent is cheap. Talent goes begging. Hunger is the piston of art.