Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.

Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.

What to my Saviour shall I giveWho freely hath done this for me?I'll serve him here whilst I shall liveAnd Loue him to Eternity

Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first.

I wish my Sun may never set, but burn.

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

That when we live no more, We may live ever

My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompence. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold I pray.

People say I was made for thisNothin' else would I trade for thisAnd just think I get paid for this...

Endure graciously the difficult times.

If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.

What fascinates me about writing is wrestling thought into reality and creating a new world that is forever.

Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.

We need to teach our children history, right from the primary school level, for them to better understand the issues. In my son's school they don't teach history.

Books are the best friends you can have; they inform you, and entertain you, and they don't talk back.

My music is not really about one ideology. It's not about one truth.

If the gospel of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed as a theology of self-esteem, imagine the health this could generate in society!

Shut not your doors to me proud libraries.