But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous enemies with success.

The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.

When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven, received eternal crowns of glory.

Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it continues to endure and hold its own.

A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger.

A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.

What is it doing to me? Will the darkness consume me?

If there were no tribulation there would be no rest if there were no winter there would be no summer.

It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone.

If you first gain power to check your words, you will then begin to have power to check your judgment, and at length actually gain power to check your thoughts and reflections.

Television is simultaneously blamed, often by the same people, for worsening the world and for being powerless to change it.

Do you need an audience to create work, or does not having an audience liberate you and make you a truer artist?

In fact, all the additional knowledge gained by an irrationally constituted society may but enlarge and enhance the powers of death and destruction.

Some people deal with their problems by talking them to death. In fact, some enjoy the execution so much they resurrect their problems just so they can kill them again.-Nathan Hurst

I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight.

Every dressing room should have a few proper bottles of bubbly.