when we badly want a thing, we go to hunting for good and righteous reasons for it; we give it that fine name to comfort our consciences, whereas we privately know we are only hunting for plausible ones.

Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own - but I wish to sell out

The writing begins when you’ve finished. Only then do you know what you’re trying to say.

When your opinions start to coincide with those of the majority, it is time to reconsider your opinions.

Man - a figment of God's imagination.

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.

To trust the God of the Bible is to trust an irascible, vindictive, fierce and ever fickle and changeful master.