“Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.”

“A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.”

“The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.”

“A candle, a book and a peaceful person mean three candles for the world!”

“Love is the flame that set the heart on fire.”

“When the Illuminati thought of their name, they were hiding in a darkened room with one candle.They are still hiding in that room with the same candle.”

“The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.”

“When I was five years old, I auditioned for the role of 'Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.'”

“Yeah, I spent my teen years in West Virginia, and when I was a kid, in Louisiana. I definitely have that exposure to two different sorts of rural: the South and Appalachia.”