Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

Church is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.

Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.

If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.

Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.

The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings

Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.

If God answers 'Yes', He is increasing your faith. If 'Wait', He is increasing your patience. If 'No', He has something better for you.

But it's a neurological fact that the scared self holds on while the reasoned one lets go.

Please don't look for me. You won't find me.

Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.

I'm so accustomed to being alone.

I'll take any life in which I can make choices and have agency, and America is not a bad place for all that.

The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.

You don't have to love me. You don't even have to like me, but you will respect me.

In the period of '60s to the '90s, British art schools were small, and the number of student was small. The personal contact was great.

Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe and the culture supports them, sometimes they never have to think about it at all.

You are a fountain of the sun's light. I am a willow shadow on the ground. You make my raggedness silky.