Many people have just enough natural religion to make them immune to the real thing.

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply.

I feel sorry for the man who has never known the bracing thrill of taking a stand and sticking to it fearlessly. Moral courage has rewards that timidity can never imagine. Like a shot of adrenaline, it floods the spirit with vitality.

God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better.

A suffering person does not need a lecture - he needs a listener.

The problems of peace are greater than the problems of war.

After I graduated from high school, one of the former workers on our farm asked if I would be willing to join him in selling Fuller brushes through the summer. It seemed like a perfect way to make some money for college. And being away from my parents and learning to make my own way gave me self confidence.