Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down.

That however advanced any man may 'be-in' age or piety, he is still in danger of falling.

The sigh, the groan of a broken heart, will soon go through the ceiling up to heaven, aye, into the very bosom of God.

Justification by faith alone, is the hinge upon which the whole of Christianity turns

The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?

No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints.

People having a victim complex are not apt to count on themselves in dealing with problems and they tend to wait for a savior

Hope is the fuel that raises our standards. Losing it deletes our most basic desires.

I've always played sport, ever since I was little. I played volleyball and I believe sport teaches you a lot, such as teamwork, respect and discipline.

Art is all in the details.

You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel.

I had too much Nyquil and Vivarin again. Lost my stomach all over the place.

The Antichrist, Section 7

I was always the one in the background or the donkey. I was never a star, I never got to be the main part.

I'm trying to keep a good spin on it...But at some point you have to look at a guy like me and ask, 'How effective can I be if I'm not playing on a regular basis?'