A most mediocre person can be the object of a love which is wild, extravagant, and beautiful as the poison lillies of the swamp.

We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.

We are homesick most for the places we have never known.

Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert or any of those masters.

The writer is by nature a dreamer - a conscious dreamer.

Falling in love is the easiest thing in the world. It's standing in love that matters.

How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?

The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect.

Love is a joint experience between two persons -- but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved.

The thinking mind is best controlled by the imagination.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

But never forget: When everything feels like it's falling to pieces, the pieces might actually just be falling into place.

A scar is a wound that has healed. We need to bring our wounds to Jesus, let Him heal them, and use our scars for Jesus. Our scars may be our greatest ministry.

Is it impossible to imagine Americans sneaking into Mexico en masse, seeking regular employment and a better way of life?

Sunday is a day given over by Americans to wishing that the themselves were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in Hell.

When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.

War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.

The next big frontier in medicine is Energy Medicine.

It is meaningless to speak in the name of - or against - Reason, Truth, or Knowledge.

Part of me wanted to get a graduate degree in political science. Had I done that, I suppose I would have become a college professor.

It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.