The scriptures offer us so many doctrinal diamonds. And when the light of the Spirit plays upon their several facets, they sparkle with celestial sense and illuminate the path we are to follow.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

Sometimes, life threw up problems that even the wisest, most trusted mentor couldn't solve for you. It was part of the pain of growing up.And having to stand by and watch was part of being a mentor.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

Saving lives is more important than preserving the quality of life. Quality of life is always amenable to improvement. Death is permanent.

Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.

Now in Utah if you get the death sentence, they have the firing squad. In Russia, they call that early retirement.

A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes.

I am looking forward to seeing my buddy Colin represent in front of Pacino. That's sweet.

Sanity is all that stands between good and evil.

If I can get them to think, get them to feel, get them to see, then I've done about all that I can as a teacher.