Sin is more than an act or a series of acts; it is a man's make-up.

Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.

Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude - an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God.

It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.

The Bible is no lazy man's book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker.

True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought.

Grace can neither be bought, earned, or won by the creature. If it could be, it would cease to be grace.

The great mistake made by most of the Lord’s people is in hoping to discover in themselves that which is to be found in Christ alone.

Growing in grace is a deepening realization of our nothingness; it is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God's mercies.

Unbelief is infectious! The unbelief of one strengthens the unbelief of another, just as the faith of one strengthens the faith of another.

Happy the soul that has been awed by a view of God's majesty

I’m using beauty to subvert the system.

War hath no fury like a noncombatant.

There was a house we all had in common and it was called the past, even though we'd lived in different rooms.

When it appears that there is no choice, some form of illusion is operating.

I start from something considered dead and arrive at a world. And when I put a title on it, it becomes even more alive.

A man should think less of what he eats and more with whom he eats because no food is so satisfying as good company.

The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative.

Know yourself and go in swinging.

A body may well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream; but the less he heed them the better.

We need to have a culture that says 'the less energy you can use to be comfortable, the better off you are and the better you should feel about yourself'.