In the New Testament church it says they were all amazed - And now in our churches everybody wants to be amused.

If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.

A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.

If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.

There are two kinds of people in the world—only two kinds. Not black or white, rich or poor, but those either dead in sin or dead to sin.

I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.

Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way.

I've got The Father on my side, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit and 2/3 of the angels. What do you think I'm going to do? Sit down and cry?

The less power a church has, the more entertainment it has.

How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?

Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.

We often focus on what is wrong and complain that nothing is beautiful.

It's just that it's fearsome for a man to have a woman start thinking right in front of him. It always leads to trouble.

Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must make obeisance to God or risk immediate opprobrium.

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual.

Give your problem all the thought you possibly can before a solution is reached. But when the matter is settled and over with, worry not at all.

As a young man... you don't know anything about yourself. And add on to that, you're on the cover of magazines. People are interviewing you about what you think. You feel like a real phony.

As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.

Once it gets to a point where it becomes a matter of life and death to occupy a position of leadership or not, with an eye on future opportunities, therein lies the danger.

I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures.

I'm a white guy listening to the Cure and thinking about Pynchon influences.