A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer.

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

I was brought up imagining that cream rises to the top, merit wins out, the race is to the swift and riches to men of understanding, but it ain't necessarily so. The swift stand a better chance if they are also beautiful.

Scripture doesn't promise that God will remove temptation, only that you'll be given strength to withstand it.

Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'

Humor is not a trick, not jokes. Humor is a presence in the world - like grace - and shines on everybody.