Man has his will - but woman has her way.

A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or, to vary the figure, a strategic point in the campaign of history, and part of his greatness consists in his being there.

What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while life is only long enough for him to attempt to read a hundred?

Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.

For while we may debate our freedom to choose, there is no doubt that we are not free not to choose.

Time and history have meaning. Under the twin truths of God's sovereignty and human significance, time and history are going somewhere, and each us is not only unique and significant in ourselves, but we have a unique and significant part to play in our own lives, in our own generation, and therefore in the overall sweep of history.

As it happens, the differences are clear between the major answers to the search for purpose in life, and they lead in entirely different directions.

the truth is this: We always have sure and sufficient reasons for knowing why we can trust God, but do not always know what God is doing and why.

Modern life assaults us with an infinite range of things we could do, we would love to do, or some people tell us we should do. But we are not God and we are neither infinite nor eternal. We are quite simply finite. We have only so many years, so much energy, so many gray cells, and so many bank notes in our wallets. 'Life is too short to...' eventually shortens to 'life is too short.