God is good, Rae. Men have free will and often do evil. God has freewill and constantly chooses to do good. That's the difference between us. God is good. Men have a bent toward evil that won't change unless we appeal to God to take us in hand and make us good again. And since only a small fraction of men ever think it worth laying down their will to ask for God's goodness instead, we end up with days like this.

Satan's greatest power was not that he could inflict evil. His greatest power was to make the sons of God forget who they were.

Job knew that Satan's greatest power was not that he could inflict evil. His greatest power was to make the sons of God forget who they were.

The illusion was created by (mortals), and now they believe in it too strongly. They use their power to create a drama of birth and death, joy and pain.... In truth, the darkness has no power other than what they give it.... (T)he secret of conquering evil (is) YOU ARE EVIL. When you can face that, all monsters dissolve into the mist.... All monsters live in a dark place where mortals stuff their fears and shame and guilt.

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

Control exists only when there is action of will, positively or negatively. Will is resistance. When the mind is learning, there is no resistance.

The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.

My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list.

The one encouragement we can always give our children (and one another) is that God is more powerful than our sin, and He's strong enough to make us want to do the right thing.

that you never be unfortunate or unhappy, but free, unrestricted and unrestrained; in sympathy with God's rule, which you submit to cheerfully; at odds with no one, no one's accuser; able in all sincerity to speak Cleanthes' line: 'Lead me, Zeus, lead me, Destiny.

If you make peace with all things that are beyond your power, refusing to fight them, you will be invincible.

I, personally, was never kept from something I wanted, nor had forced upon me something I was opposed to. How did I manage it? I submitted my will to God. He wants me to be sick — well, then, so do I. He wants me to choose something. Then I choose it. He wants me to desire something, I desire it. He wants me to get something, I want the same; or he doesn't want me to get it, and I concur.