Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito", I'd tell people.

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it.

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.

People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it.

Submitting seemed to me a lot like giving up. If God gave us the strength to bail- the gumption to try and save ourselves- isn't that what he wanted us to do?

Everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.

Reading is a beautiful prayer for knowledge.

I want to make pop cool again, and the only way I can do that is by being ambitious and grand.

At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.

"In the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love."

Some other places were not so good but maybe we were not so good when we were in them.

Grace is the essence of theology and gratitude is the essence of ethics.

I haven't played a single game all year. This is bullshit!

Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.

Whether or not the artist can fulfill a social function is a question that remains unanswered.