All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righ...teousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I've tried not to exaggerate the glory of athletes. I'd rather, if I could, preserve a sense of proportion, to write about them as... excellent ballplayers, first-rate players. But I'm sure I have contributed to false values--as Stanley Woodward said, "Godding up those ballplayers." The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... no book ... ever competed with the Bible. The story of Ruth was better than Ramona, and the poetry of Job was better than Long...fellow. I still have my first big Bible, carefully underlined through with red and black ink, and interleafed [sic] with painfully written manuscript pages.... Margery and I earned our five cents a week for church and a penny for Sunday school by learning three verses of the Bible a day and six on Sunday. We learned dozens and dozens of chapters. I supposed "Evangeline" and "Hiawatha" were better poetry, but I didn't like them so well.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There's a great text in Galatians, Once you trip on it, entails... Twenty-nine distinct damnations, One sure, if another fails:LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Bible is good enough for me, just the old book under which I was brought up. I do not want notes or criticisms, or explanation...s about authorship or origins, or even cross- references. I do not need, or understand them, and they confuse me.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »