Everyone— black as well as white— thinks it's going to be better over the next jump of land.

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.

We have once again succeeded in destroying what we could not create.

We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long.

There was a beautiful feeling of calm in my groin, a sense of peace so remarkable it was almost ecstasy——anyone who' suffered bad pain and then recovered will know what I'm talking about.

The person healed has an obligation to then ask why— to meditate on God's will, and the extraordinary lengths to which God has gone to realize His will.

Like some dogs: kick them once and they never trust you again, no matter how nice you are to them.

What our parents tell us when we are small seldom goes ignored, no matter how foolish it may be

That— we seemed to have decided without saying a word— might go a long way toward spoiling something that was special, and beautiful, by virtue of its strangeness and delicacy.

It would not do to tell other people, not just because they wouldn't believe but because they wouldn't care.

He was nothing but a conduit, after all, and there isn't a culvert in the world that remembers the water flowed through it once the rain has stopped.

Wars come and go

An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.

Mighty prayer has often been produced by mighty trial.

There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between them under the skins.

I've been invited to speak at about 20 colleges. There's always this moment when I'm having dinner with the college president: 'Ernie, where'd you go to school?'

This one's for you, and I truly hope you hear me, Through all your travels, I'm wishing you a peaceful journey.

God doesn't love me any more or less because I had some work done on my face.

Look, at the end of the day people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.

Don't get locked up into the ultimate goal. Just concentrate on the next step.

If I am immune against all anger, I never feel angry.