Friends are like coals in a fire - together, they glow; apart, they grow cold.
We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us.
We are not merely imperfect creatures who must be improved; we are rebels who must lay down our arms.
Faith in Christ is the only thing to save you from despair.
You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'