The design of redemption is to exhibit the grace of God in such a manner as to fill all hearts with wonder and all lips with praise.

Each Christian comes from a different background, upbringing, lineage, and environment. But in Christ we are unified.

When you love someone, you can’t help but pray for them.

Our conduct is an advertisement for or against Jesus Christ. That’s why unity in the body of Christ is so important.

Your attitude of serving the Lord can transform even the most menial of tasks into a magnificent sacrifice of love.

Hardship makes us to rely solely on God for help.

Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.

In seasons of distress and grief My soul has often found relief And oft escaped the tempter's snare By thy return sweet hour of prayer.

We know what happens when Europeans start dividing themselves up and emphasizing their differences and seeing a competition between various countries in a zero sum way.

Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years.

Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.

I would just hear piano players and I would hear music, and just think - I don't just want to sit here and passively listen; I want to get inside it.

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.

The best education for the best is the best education for all.

Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?'