“Ladies, if youre single there is nothing wrong, sinful or wicked about desiring a husband, nothing. Anyone who would say otherwise is absolutely lying to you. God wired you for it, He built you for...”

“The engine that drives all your activities is hope. What you hope in shapes you.”

“He can heal me. I believe He will. I believe I'm going to be an old surely Baptist preacher. And even if He doesn't...that's the thing: I've read Philippians 1. I know what Paul says. I'm here let'...”

“We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Reve...”

“You and I are stymied in our own creativity. We can only create as sub-creators, and even then our best work is only sub-creation.”

“Our ferocious commitment to our children's safety and success, along with our genuine love, drives us to endure the often unhappy experience of disciplining our children.”

“Every human being desires love and happiness.”

“Inside of all of us there is the need and the desire to be heard, to have our innermost thoughts, feelings and desires expressed for others to hear, to see and to understand. We all want to matter ...”

“I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”

“The road to success is always under construction”

“I write because I must. It's not a choice or a pastime, it's an unyeilding calling and my passion.”

“J'ai un but, une tche, disons le mot, une passion. Le mtier d'crire en est une violente et presque indestructible."[Letter to Jules Boucoiran, 4 March 1831]”

“In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up. ”