One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by anything else. Accordingly, I find that the one thing which I want to put into practice in my own life is the conscious and deliberate habit of finding someone to thank.

The only way to happiness is never to give happiness a thought.

Never trust a theologian who doesn't have a sense of humor.

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it.

The more we study the early Church, the more we realize that it was a society of ministers. About the only similarity between the Church at Corinth and a contemporary congregation, either Roman Catholic or Protestant, is that both are marked, to a great degree, by the presence of sinners.

The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.