"As we move into the 21st century, there's what the Bible calls a 'quickening of the spirit.'"

"The Bible says, as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he"

"The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid"

"The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed"

"The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests"

"Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness"

"Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around. If you're looking for violent rape imagery, the Bible's right there in your hotel room. If you just want to look up ways to screw people up, there it is, and you're justified because God told you to"

"A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel"

"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land"

"It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written"

"The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible"