Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own. If you don't like what somebody says, say what it is you don't like.

I know that an important message is not a novel. To say that we should all be kind to our neighbors is an important statement; it's not a novel.

A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.

Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church.

Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.

I don't want to be the one to tell somebody, You will not make it, even though I know that the majority of those who come to me with their manuscripts are not really good enough.