He who knows what it is to enjoy God will dread His loss; he who has seen His face will fear to see His back.

The reason why we obtain no more in prayer is because we expect no more. God usually answers us according to our own hearts.

Sin is the insurrection and rebellion of the heart against God; it turns from Him, and turns against Him; it takes up arms against God.

To sanctify God is to reverence Him in our hearts, and to represent Him in the glory of His holiness before men.

The cross is not only imposed upon the saints as their burden, but bequeathed unto them as their legacy. It is given unto them as an honor and privilege.

There may be some tenderness in the conscience and yet the will be a very stone; and as long as the will stands out, there is no broken heart.

It is a challenge to love someone who does not see the divine as you do, and much harder still to date someone who considers your spirituality a design flaw in an otherwise worthwhile human being.

Are you quite sure that you want to hear it?" he asked. "Sometimes, Maria, a story that one hears starts one off doing things that one would not have had to do if one had not heard it.

There is no reason to assume our species will survive itself.

I'm selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.

Perfection is a disease of a nation.

I know you left me once, but I came right back to find you. Even though I like being in your past, you got a bright future behind you.

What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It's the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a field.

I have never been able to soothe myself with the sugary delusions of religion; for these things stand convicted of the utmost absurdity in light of modern scientific knowledge.

I have no words for my reality.

I work hard, do my best and send it out to the world hoping that people can relate to it. I accept any reaction and hope they think it is worth reading.