Good and evil appear to be joined in every culture at the spine.

You will have found Christ when you are concerned with other people’s sufferings and not your own.

You shall know the truth, and it will make you odd.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

Right now the whole world seems to be going through a dark night of the soul.

Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.

...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.

What people don’t realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.

[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .

It is the business of the artist to uncover the strangeness of truth

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

I felt my eyes widen slightly, feeling like the kid of the group who didn’t understand anything and was a pain to have around.

No man need fear death, he need fear only that he may die without having known his greatest power: the power of his free will to give his life for others

One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor everything like a drop of black ink in white milk.

The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism.

Kiss me out of desire, but not consolation.

She was everything he'd ever wanted, beauty and fire arching against his despoiling hands.

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like.

I think actors have to have clear goals in term of fitness, I think it is very important. I did yoga very seriously and I think that is a wonderful exercise. I take tennis lessons, and I swim a lot.

This was the door to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.

It's not my style to judge anybody.