Hate engenders loneliness and despair

Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.

Even coal shimmers in the light

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself

There is no treasure like the human heart.

It is the dirt within men’s hearts that is most offensive; the filth you cannot see.

There is no place for innocence on the battlefield.

It is the heart that has been pierced that feels the most.

What is courage without risk... It wouldn’t really be courage, would it?

What good is a smooth tongue without sharp teeth?

Books are like bound dreams waiting to be released

And it is that which draws me to you, too, for you are the tropics, you have the sun in you, and the softness and the clarity...

Really, what is the law when it stands in the way of what the government wants to do?

Christian: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbour.

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

Your inside person doesn’t age. Your inside person is soul, is heart, in the eternal now, the ageless, the old, the young, all the ages you’ve ever been.

Motherhood is an essential, difficult, and full-time job. Women who do not wish to be mothers should not have babies.

It is a great thing to be a child of God, and joint-heir with Jesus Christ. If this is your privilege, you will know the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.

Most of my music videos were made for under $200.

Now people look at 'The Scream' or Van Gogh's 'Irises' or a Picasso and see its new content: money. Auction houses inherently equate capital with value.

Your job today tells me nothing of your future--your use of your leisure today tells me just what your tomorrow will be.