I feel something so right, doing the wrong thing.

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

Rather than regret for what I have written, I feel regret for what I shall never be able to read.

I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.

We need leaders who can reflect theologically and help develop more robust thinking that understands how context affects our understanding of God, humankind, the fall, and redemption.

I am not a saint or a cripple, I am not a wound; now I will see whether I am a coward.

But there remains the question: what righteousness really is. The method and secret and sweet reasonableness of Jesus.

You have inherited a lifetime of tribulation. Everybody has inherited it. Take it over, make the most of it and when you have decided you know the right way, do the best you can with it.

What's certain is that a totalitarian enclave like Cuba's can't continue to exist, so change will definitely come there, eventually.