From an early age, I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.
Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as its end.
Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits.
How vast is eternity! - It will swallow up all the human race; it will collect all the intelligent universe; it will open scenes and prospects wide enough, great enough, and various enough to fix the attention, and absorb the minds of all intelligent beings forever.
Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence of sincere and supreme love to him.
I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.
I think ingenuity is part of our DNA. That plus curiosity, plus the willingness to commit.
My favorite book is my next one. I’m always hoping to make my next book my best one.
When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy.
I was convinced that, besides millions of frank unbelievers, there are today large numbers of half-believers to whom religion is a source of intellectual and moral discomfort.