“Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply.”

“Life is precarious and improbable, a flame in matter, easily snuffed out. Nature shows no regard for the individual spark, in this creature or that, but only for the spreading of the fire, like an ember passed from cell to cell.”

“There is no secret formula--only a life committed to a close walk with God.”

“Magic Success Formula for Writing: Apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and write!”

“Colin had always preferred baths; one of his general policies in life was never to do anything standing up that could just as easily be done lying down”

“My greatest strength is to have a great capacity to confront myself no matter how unpleasant. My greatest weakness is that I don't. I know that's enigmatic, but that's sort of a general formula for anyone, actually.”