If a crystal ball gives God any advantage, then you've got a stupid God.

Our fundamental job is to love like God loves, not to pretend that we know what only God knows.

They are descriptions of what real life looks like, not prescriptions for how to get life.

Why did God even bother to create minds that naturally gauge their level of confidence in a belief on the evidence and arguments for and against it if he's only pleased with minds that can make themselves more certain than the evidence and arguments for it warrant? I just don't get it!

The dependability of the world which makes it possible for rational, morally responsible creatures to live works against us in certain circumstances.

There are things you have to look at with those world-class players, but at the end of the day, they're not superheroes. They're still human.

Thou knowest how long and loyally I served the king in his worldly affairs. For that cause, it pleased him to promote me to the office which now I hold. When I consented, it was for the sake of the king alone. When I was elected, I was formally acquitted of my responsibilities for all that I had done as a chancellor.

If I ever write a book, 'I Should Have Worn Comfortable Shoes' would be the title.

I desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I should be worse than a fool and ten times worse than a madman.

The words of Christ are of more worth than the opinions of all the physicians in the universe.

It's very important for people to know themselves and understand what their value system is, because if you don't know what your value system is, then you don't know what risks are worth taking and which ones are worth avoiding.

I would describe myself as a 'total conservative, a conscientious one.'