So true is it that all sin is ultimately against the Lord; so bitter is the root of self.

We cannot understand the meaning of many trials; God does not explain them. To explain a trial would be to destroy its object, which is that of calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience.

An outward observance without any real inward meaning is only a ceremony.

God is the God of the present as well as of the future...even here on earth, He reigneth, dispensing good and evil.

Let me be one of the upward and outward lookers, not one of the downward and inward lookers.

When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.

Whenever I ask a question, and the pain comes, I know I have asked a really good question.

Life is enthusiasm zest.

The crowds themselves are meaningless. The thing that counts is what happens to the hearts of the people.

I don't use a wallet. My money is just free-flowing in my bag.

When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me to see them as brothers and sisters.

Success is the most valuable commodity.

I never met Putin. This is not my best friend. But if the United States got along with Russia, wouldn't be so bad.

Typically, the performance has a story - a beginning, the crescendo and the end.

Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has met.