Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.

I would rather be a preacher in a pulpit than a prince on a throne

Pray in your family daily, that yours may be in the number of the families who call upon God.

If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven

Grace is the understanding that God is a better savior than you are a sinner.

The internal call is when the Spirit of God accompanies the outward administration of the Word to call a man from ignorance to knowledge, and a state of nature to a state of grace.

Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee.

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.

I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages.

He hath desired to bring the souls of other men to heaven; let his soul be brought to heaven.

Being in love with your best friend is problematic.

God, is there no faith left?He has not told. I would not know Him if I saw Him.

President Ford used humor a great deal.

In Jewish tradition, death-defying devotion to scholarship was the stuff of saintliness.

It's a feeling which tells me that any woman can be beautiful in the eyes of a man who loves her.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

It made perfect sense, and at the same time nothing seemed to.

I see a correlation between short stories and songs, because of their length and for what they're meant to evoke. Combine certain words with melodies and it all becomes very moving.

It is not labor that kills, but the small attritions of daily routine that wear us down.