There are two theories of evolution. There is the genuine scientific theory; and there is the talk-radio pretend version, designed not to enlighten but to deceive and enrage.

They do horrible, unchildish things because they they have had very horrible, unchildish lives.

we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society wants to do is punish instead of rehabilitate.

from a child in danger to a dangerous child

There are far more reasons for death than there are for life.

Your life may not have gone the way you planned it, but it will go the way it's supposed to.

We live in a world in which celebrity recognition, media access, and power translate very quickly into political power and indeed economic power.

If [the devil has] brought you down, make sure that with Christ’s enabling you stand back up.

A lot of times when you go through a very traumatic situation and it's emotionally difficult to deal with you come back spiritually stronger. It changes you in a way.

I know my voice is very distinctive because in a room of 100 people, my voice is always picked out.

The reason academic disputes are so vicious is that so little is at stake.

And I leave you now, not with sadness but with satisfaction and joy that we came together and walked, arm in arm, through this brief moment of eternity. Who could ask for more?

Combine science and humanities.

It is the breaking of life that produces the blessing of life.