Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

I would never judge someone's intrigue with the spoils of fame, because I went through that.

As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them.

I would sooner bring one sinner to Jesus Christ than unravel all the mysteries of the divine Word, for salvation is the one thing we are to live for.

I've heard there are vegan corn dogs - I don't know if that's true but, jeez, I'd love to eat one of them.

We are not the end of the gospel; God is.

Everything beeps now.

The river is everywhere at the same time . . . everywhere and the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future.

A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours.

I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing.