Essentially, all life depends upon the soil ... There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.

Essentially, all life depends upon the soil

Each soil has had its own history. Like a river, a mountain, a forest, or any natural thing, its present condition is due to the influences of many things and events of the past.

Civilization has its roots in the soil.

Hold fast to the word of God.

Trust in Jesus, wholeheartedly. Don't try to figure things out yourself. Just be intimate with Him!

I once worked as a salesman and was very independent. I took orders from no one.

Literature exists inside the language. It's made of words.

To admit that there is any such thing as chance, in the common acceptation of the term, would be to attempt to establish a power independent of God.

Integrity can be neither lost nor concealed nor faked nor quenched nor artificially come by nor outlived, nor, I believe, in the long run, denied.

Anything can happen in this world, for an ordinary girl

I'm going to go and leave my blood all over the track.

It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too.