...the person who surrenders absolutely to God, with no reservations, is absolutely safe. From this safe hiding-place he can see the devil , but the devil cannot see him.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

What God says to His Church at any given period depends altogether upon her moral and spiritual condition and upon the spiritual need of the hour.

Like the hub of a wheel, the church’s corporate life is an extension of the good news that God was in Christ reconciling the whole world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them.

When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

I'm always being inspired .

You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference.

That very document [Constitution] does little to serve people when Supreme Court decisions are written so that even high-priced lawyers can't figure them out.

Actually, every time we begin, we wonder how we did it before, Each time is a new journey with no maps.

Life's aspirations come in the guise of children.

On or about December 1910, human character changed.