“When you have His joy in your heart, it doesn’t necessarily mean your pain or hurt will be taken away. It means you’ll be able to bear it.”

Hell was created for the devil and his angels. If you go, you are an intruder.

But through those statutes you reach the songs, drudgery leads to delight.

No matter what face he wears, Satan has one overmastering ambition, one burning desire-to dethrone the Almighty and to place himself upon the highest throne of the universe.

As Christians, we are to be newsboys and not editors of the gospel.

Salvation is not a plan; it’s a Man.

The resurrection is not merely important to the historic Christian faith; without it,

If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.

Grace is God’s acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God accepting us.

Job is perhaps the oldest piece of literature known to man.

When you choose sin the baggage that comes with it is error.

You are not saved by your works. You work because youre saved.

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

Either you will be under the blood or you will place the blood under you.

Never give the devil a ride! He will always want to drive!

You and I are just like a blade of grass sitting here; we are going to wither and die.

The man molds the idol and then the idol molds the man.

The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.

So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.

Beauty means this to one person, perhaps, and that to the other. And yet when any one of us has seen or heard or read that which to us is beautiful.

A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.

Life’s scientific, but we don’t know, do we? Not certainly, I mean.

I don’t think they [contemporary writers] read me either. I mean, if we’re concerned genuinely with writing, I think we probably get on with our work.

No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?

You can’t allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, ‘Merry Christmas?’ Give me a break. If people don’t like it, yeah, they can go do something else.