Seek a happy marriage with wholeness of heart, but do not expect to reach the promised land without going through some wilderness together.

Patience is a particular requirement. Without it, you can destroy in an hour what it might take you weeks to repair.

The problem is not that the churches are filled with empty pews, but that the pews are filled with empty people.

Some of the world's best educators are grandparents.

What is an angel? The two words that come closest to a true biblical answer are "manifestation" and "servant".

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

He had been present in their minds not as a man but as an idea.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are.

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

One of the most perfect and unfailing joys of life is planting. It is the creative joy felt by God.

Spiritual light rarely comes to those who merely sit in the darkness waiting for someone to flick the switch.

Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent

One should have the courage of one's loneliness.

I remember To Live And Die In L.A. I saw that in the cinemas when I was young in the '80s. I remember the poster. It's a great poster.

I was born a jackdaw; why should I try to be an owl?