Swindoll Books Quotes & Sayings

I try to write each piece in the language of the piece, so that I'm not using the same language from piece to piece. I may be using ten or twenty languages. That multiplicity of language and the use of words is African in tradition. And black writers have definitely taken that up and taken it in. It's like speaking in tongues. It may sound like gibberish to somebody, but you know it's a tongue of some kind. Black people have this. We have the ability as a race to speak in tongues, to dream in tongues, to love in tongues. — Alexis De Veaux

Buddhism does not accept a theory of God, or a creator. According to Buddhism, one's own actions are the creator, ultimately. Some people say that, from a certain angle, Buddhism is not a religion but rather a science of mind. — Dalai Lama

Science is not about status quo. It's about revolution. — Leon M. Lederman

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation. — George Bernard Shaw

The moment you establish a line of communication between two points, you subtly change both. That is also true for the way the brain is affected by the mind. — David Amerland

In solitude, struggles occur that no one else knows about. Inner battles are fought here that seldom become fodder for sermons or illustrations for books. God, who probes our deepest thoughts during protracted segments of solitude, opens our eyes to things that need attention. It is here He makes us aware of those things we try to hide from others. — Charles R. Swindoll

United Airlines: Passengers are our worst enemy. We're not too fond of luggage either. — David Letterman