Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.

The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

we are not here on earth to change our destiny but to fulfill it.

What are the obvious temptations and inclinations that consistently call me or entice me to go against my personal beliefs, values and standards? You don’t need a prophet for this!

"Well-- I don’t know-- the cops might not respond too well to you looking through their windows with a telescope."

If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.

TV is all about hair. And then skin. And then clothing. And then it's about your voice. And finally the report, what you're actually saying. And 99 times out of 100, it never gets past the hair.

Disregard for the consequences and for right and wrong nowadays passes as energy.

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen for me that aren't written black.

A lot of people see electronic music as a flavor of the week, but it can be more than that - has to be more than that.

I did jazz dance for a few years.

Madness is confusion of levels of fact. . . . Madness is not seeing visions but confusing levels.