There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.

Once a man is united to God, how could he not live forever?

A powerful dragon crying its eyes out under the moon in a deserted valley is a sight and a sound hardly to be imagined.

God sometimes seems to speak to us most intimately when he catches us, as it were, off our guard.

Precisely because we cannot predict the moment, we must be ready at all moments.

How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints.

A real desire to believe all the good you can of others and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems.