God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

There are dreams that are meant to be shared and dreams to be kept hidden in our hearts. It's sometimes difficult to know which is which.

There's a lot of magic between you too, ain't no denying that. And magic makes forgettin' hard.

we know that our world is corrupt and diseased but we're tired of being cynical and feeling helpless. What the hell, tilt at a windmill.

The old will disappear. Human level consciousness by itself can no longer resolve the complexities it has created.

I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.

Remember that life is short and death is long.

At best, Trumpism will be a more right-wing version of the same old Republican Party.

I'm not really a foodie; I could eat the same thing every night, and I go to restaurants that I can walk to.

It's family first for me and then business so the family has got to know what's going on with the business.

When the quest of a dream has a detour or dip, look beyond your dismay and go finish the trip.