I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it.
Bidden or unbidden, God is present.
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.
God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.
Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
In loving someone, you worship them like a deity and it hurts, a lot, to the point that in trying to show love and show tribute to someone you're stretching and reaching. It becomes an unhealthy worship and you'll bow out unfaithfully in the end.
Of all your associations, it is your relationship with God, your Heavenly Father, who is the source of your moral power.
People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with.
Thankfully, I'm lucky enough to be able to eat ice cream. I've got to have my cookies and cream! But I work out a lot, so I burn a lot of calories.