The call of repentance is for the righteous and unrighteous, the godly and ungodly alike. If the righteous had been the lights they were called to be, the nation would never have fallen as it did.

A nation that turns away from prayer will ultimately find itself in desperate need of it.

You can’t solve a spiritual problem with a military or political solution.

To whom much is given, much is required. Righteousness exalts a nation...but sin is a reproach to any people

God is my only leader. Truth is my only sword. Guided only by my conscience, I am a true citizen of the world.

Ian was the kind of smart that makes your straight A student look like she’d drown in a wet paper bag. Ian was the kind of smart that scares people.

With diligent, you will master the act.

I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.

Keep Darwinian thinking out of cosmology, out of psychology, out of human culture, out of ethics, politics, and religion!

The dead-enders are still with us, those remnants of the defeated regimes who'll go on fighting long after their cause is lost.

Listen, if you're not going to be a nun or something, you might as well laugh.

My mother was the center of the family.

It's a fun thing to do: Go to a shooting range with a buddy, knock off a few rounds, release stress.

Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.