The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities. I exact more from myself and less from others.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace.

The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.

People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.

We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.

You have one business on earth – to save souls.

Get on fire for God and men will come and see you burn.

Whosoever will reign with Christ in heaven, must have Christ reigning in him on earth

In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.

Reading Christians are growing Christians. When Christians cease to read, they cease to grow.

Do not give up hope.

I think horror, when done well, is one of the most direct and honest ways to get to the core of the human experience because terror reduces all of us to our most authentic forms.

Teetering on the edge of comfortable brings us closer to ourselves and each other.

I wish I could say I’m low maintenance, but I like some of the finer things in life…like a toothbrush.

How very much horrible would it be, if achieving everything was so easy! We bear life because there is struggle!

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

It's okay to grow up, it's just slowing down that's the scary part. Running out of time. It's okay to grow up, but it doesn't mean you have to become like your parents.

I don't see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech, which we all know is fundamental to our society.

Come on, Chris. It'll be just you, me, and the great, wide open over here.

The little cares, fears, tears, timid misgivings, sleepless fancies of I don't know how many days and nights, were forgotten under one moment's influence of that familiar, irresistible smile.