A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories.

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.

It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.

Love the giver more than the gift.

Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.

The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.

Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.

In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.

I don't care about my character here on earth. I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing whats right.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say I will do better tomorrow.

Recreation and diversion are as necessary to our well being as the more serious pursuits of life.

To mind your own business incorporates the whole duty of man.

Recreation and diversion are as necessary to our well-being as the more serious pursuits of life.

We are prepared for some things, and we receive just as fast as we prepare ourselves.

If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

If it came to saving the life of one priest or sacrificing the life of an entire congregation, the church would save the life of the priest. Which is backwards, of course.

I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.

You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice?

Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'.

I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church.

So, not only am I panicking over the weekend if I need to know my lines, but also if can I get the kids to the zoo. Can I even go to church? I was asking for certain things that would allow me to plan my life a little better.

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

My father started me singing in church.

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church's healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That's good, it's all positive.

The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church, which I know has helped cause this investigation by you, points out that the agencies did not disclose certain facts to us and that certain plots were going on.

Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines.

Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their heads, were like the little images that they place in the very bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up the church, but are but puppets.

If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied.

Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.

It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state.

When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.

There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishops and they're going to be nominated and they're going to be elected.