Kalau nyawa kita sendiri terancam, kemampuan kita berempati jadi tumpul oleh hasrat egois yang amat sangat untuk bertahan hidup.
The man who can fully understand the word covenant is a theologian. That is the key of all theology—the covenant of works by which we fell, and the covenant of grace by which we stand, Christ fulfilli...
Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality...
Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.
When efforts that are wisely executed, the situation and condition don't affect the performance.
The warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest.
A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
Ignorance is the greatest slave master in the universe.
If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father l...
There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His...