Great creativity is astonishingly, absurdly, rationally, irrationally powerful.

One that society can't forgive, but I can.

Set a clear focus in your life, and fear will be crowded out. The more you fix your eyes on God’s purpose for you, the more you will overcome your fear.

May God blast anyone who writes a biography of me.

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me; As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.

I really wanted to study with Bruce Goff [one of the masters of "organic architecture"] at the University of Oklahoma.

Never mistake a clear view for a short distance.

Oh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house—do not pass by like a dream.

Only by realizing what selfishness and lack of generosity really are can the delicious fragrance of true love and effective generosity, which is not of the mind, burst forth in our hearts.

Am I getting smart with you? How would you know?

I think few people of education enter politics because it seems like a contact blood sport.