Let heart and voice, like bells of silver, ring, the comfort that this day doth bring.

Many are willing that Christ should be something, but few will consent that Christ should be everything.

Forgiveness is a skill gained by those willing to change.

I was angry with my friend:I told my wrath, my wrath did end.I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow.

Leadership can change its mind leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced.

... any fictionis bound to be transposed autobiography.

Revelation does not mean man finding God, but God finding man, God sharing His secrets with us, God showing us Himself. In revelation, God is the agent as well as the object.

The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights.

I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine and curry and cheeses.

A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'

Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery.

Nothing more surely cultivates and embellishes a man than association with refined and virtuous women.