I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce - my main thrust was the body and its functions and malfunctions - the absurdity of the thing.
It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.
Why cross and ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here?
He that taketh not his cross and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Any kind of love that lacks the iron of the Cross in it, is anemic love.
In coming to Christ we don't bring our old life up to a higher plane; we leave it at the cross.
The same thought. . . crosses my mind whenever someone tells me there's something I can't do: Try Stopping Me.
The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes - worse.
What is the point? We assume that every time we do anything we know what the consequences will be, i. e. , more or less what we intend them to be. This is not only not always correct. It is wildly, crazily, stupidly, cross-eyed-blithering-insectly wrong!
Every advance that we make for God and for His cause must be made at our inconvenience. If it does not inconvenience us at all, there is no cross in it.
You can hide beneath the covers and study your pain, make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain. Waste your summer praying in vain, for a savior to rise from these streets.