He was too perplexed to please the conventional and too reverent. to please the infidels.

Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him.

He (Lincoln) recognized the delicate balance between immanence and transcendence, refusing to settle for either of these alone. His was a God who was both in the world and above the world.

He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence.

Lincoln matured best in sorrow.

The Biblical language was so deeply embedded in the great man's mind that it became his normal way of speaking.

Upon being given a Bible, President Abraham Lincoln replied, "In regard to this Great book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man.

Deeply convinced of the reality of the divine will, he (Lincoln) had no patience at all with any who were perfectly sure they knew the details of the divine will.

A major element in Lincoln's greatness was the way in which he could hold a strong moral position without the usual accompaniment of self-righteousness.

Man is most free when he is most guided.

His (Lincoln's) patriotism was saved from idolatry by the overwhelming sense of the sovereignty of God.

I urge you: don't cut short these thought-trains of yours. Follow them through to their end. Your thoughts and your feelings. Follow them through and you will grow with them.

A leader may lead, but you have to follow to reach the destination.

A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.

Hereditary boundsmen! Know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?

I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls, With vassals and serfs at my side, And of all who assembled within those walls, That I was the hope and the pride.

Our faith becomes stronger as we express it; a growing faith is a sharing faith

The angel personifies something new arising from the deep unconscious.

If there is any way for that man to do the job wrong, he'll do it that way.

I'm not threatening you. I'm just informing you of police procedure. If you continue to obstruct me, I remove the obstruction, in this case you, and proceed to the next command.

God loves us extravagantly, ridiculously, without limit or condition.