Quotes about Author

But the eyes, though they are no sailors, will never be satisfied with any model, however fashionable, which does not answer all the requisitions of art.

With his night-cap and his night-shirt tatters, He botches up the loop-holes in the structure of the world.

As sure, therefore, as there is any wisdom in praying for the Spirit of God, so sure is it, that we are to make that Spirit the rule of all our actions;

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

So you can't look at church history to find the model for the church, just like you can't look at the history of mankind and find God's divine intention for man.

I had no more value after I became an author than when I was in my home tending to runny noses, little bumps and bruises. . . Our value can't be wrapped inside what others think or we think, because that is too dependent on this ever-shifting world. The value God places on us makes us more than we think we are, even on our hardest days, weeks, or years.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

There are things in the world that cannot be brought about. There are mistakes that cannot be repaired. But there is one thing sure -- that loyalty and friendship are the most precious possessions a man can have.

The more deeply we live, the more we feel in sympathy with Augustine, and the less with Pelagius.

This nature is twofold; it includes not only the whole visible world of phenomena which is outside man, but also, in a wider sense, man himself; not his body alone, but his soul also.

Life often mocks every system; it is richer and fuller than the deepest thinker in all his wisdom can imagine.

Theology is about God and should reflect a doxological tone that glorifies him.