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The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

There are quite enough sheep already - be a shepherd: be somebody who's bold and who leads.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

Too many sit at the banquet table of the gospel of Jesus Christ and merely nibble at the feast placed before them. They go through the motions - attending their meetings perhaps, glancing at scriptures, repeating familiar prayers - but their hearts are far away.

Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.

What is a farm but a mute gospel?

The community in which one hears the voice of God structures how one hears that voice and interprets what it says.

To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish; and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law.

I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower.

My goats are not contemplative, accepting, or introspective. They are the Greek chorus of my farm, sometimes of my life. They watch me closely and remind me that I am foolish.