Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.-.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546 Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same power in the word and in any sacrament whatever.

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.

You cannot criticize the New Testament. It criticizes you.

Sometimes it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

Build a little fence of trust around today, Fill the space with loving deeds, And therein stay. Look not through the sheltering bars Upon tomorrow, God will help thee bear what comes of joy and sorrow.

The ox-eyes awful Juno.

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Adultery - Two wrong people doing the right thing.

But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.

Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.

The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way.

Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 Continuing a short series on prayer: Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Christopher Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question... I did not think he ought to be shut up. His infirmities were not noxious to society. He insisted on people praying with him; and I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as any.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.