Young men, trust God, and make the future bright with blessing. Old men, trust God, and magnify him for all the mercies of the past.

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.

As a child, when asked what I would be, I usually said I was going to be a huntsman. A fine profession, truly!

The concept of spiritual healing was something I was raised with.

I felt like there were always people who said football should be over here and faith should be over there. But that drove me.

Look at the plight of a devotee. One cannot even use the name of his favourite God. What sort of democracy is this?

One either has to believe in a God who's terribly prejudiced, or disbelieve the teachings of such exclusionary theologies. Religions have taught us that 'we are better than they.'