“He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.”

Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God

Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.

There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower.

Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand – in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science.

An authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.

It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches.

He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.

The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the light strikes it the water begins to sparkle, and the scintillation of life greets us.

It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ’s Church to one’s own little community.

Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point.

God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.

Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not.

And when you allow nothing that lies hidden in the storehouse of your Christian religion to remain unused against the cancer that is destroying the vitality of our society in such alarming ways.

It is this: That in spite of all worldly opposition, God’s holy ordinances shall be established again in the home

He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God

Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life

The ego is like a kid in the basement: It’s best to keep him busy.

If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.

When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors’ characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.

The best part is coming. What’s the best part? You swallowing an entire cow whole? No. That’s the finale.

Having sisters is the best. I have a different relationship with each of them. I go to Kim for fashion advice, Khloe is always boy and family advice, and Kourtney is like another mother to me.

Things will change – that’s the best and worst of it.

The best of you is galaxies away from the ordinary.

I just want to be the best. I haven’t been in an all-out war. That doesn’t mean I’m not the best.