The greatest joy of a Christian is to give joy to Christ.

When your will is God's will, you will have your will.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.

Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.

You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.

O child of God, be more careful to keep the way of the Lord, more concentrated in heart in seeking His glory, and you will see the loving-kindness and the tender mercy of the Lord in your life.

Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.

I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him.

If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.

Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!

How are poets able to unzip what they see around them, calling forth a truer essence from behind a common fact? Why, reading a verse about a pear, do you see past the fruit in so transcendent a way?

U.S. military action in Iraq: It sure didn't work out well last time. Let's not make that mistake again.

Experience really does make you better, man.

I prefer using cream-based products on my skin. I love having that summery dewy skin - I like using cream blushers as well.

Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.

One's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence. This is the basic process of transcending.

Most books aren't pure nonfiction or fiction.

Present fear is never as bad as later regret.

I am not my own light unto myself.

If you become president, you're guaranteed to develop some nervous habit.