It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and
listen to the speech of God. His read more

It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and
listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full
of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for
which he listened.

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for read more

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side.

When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed read more

When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed for a time. Now, He's called you home, I'm sad and I shed tears. Yet, I'm glad He loaned you to me and we had these many years.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is read more

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of read more

Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of his sojourn in the world.

I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar read more

I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it

There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous.

There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous.

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.