Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.

It is not objective proof of God's existence that we want but, whether we use religious language for it or not, the experience of God's presence.

Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.

She didn't tell him white folks couldn't love the same as coloreds. She couldn't love the same neither though, cuz more than half of her was white.

Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power; but if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness.

The product of movement and counter-movement is tension. When tension working strength is expressed, it endows the work of art with the living effect of coordinated, though opposing, forces.

A healthy man is content with a woman. An erotic man is content with a stocking to get to a woman. A sick man is content with thestocking.

When you have an ego, you are limited to your own strengths and weaknesses. But if you are totally surrendered to God, nothing is impossible for you.

I'm not so sure that the value of art is all it is cracked up to be.

Don't underestimate kindess, gentleness and patience in a man.

I'll sit down for an hour or two a few days a week in a quiet place and brainstorm. The earlier in the day, the better, before the parade of distractions starts.