Looking for a good database program

I have used Filemaker Pro in the past and have really liked using that program.  Is there something out there but maybe a bit less pricey?

I have a friend who is a pastor in Virginia and he is trying to develop a searchable database where he can store (and easily access) the range of quotations and passages that he has (and will continue to accumulate over a life time) on a range of subjects for use in sermons, articles etc. To date he has been typing the quotation/passage into a Word document on the relevant subject area, often having to input on multiple Word documents if the subject matter requires. Searching the system requires too many levels of folder, sub folder, sub-sub folder steps. Searchlight is good, but not the full answer.
Can someone recommend a strategy for this kind of database where entries are lengthy (as opposed to contact databases?)

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