He had fallen into the error of all liberals: the belief that men are prepared to reform themselves, that good will attracts good will, that truth has leavening virtue of its own.

I don't believe in miracles, only unexplained facts.

Each of us can walk only the path he sees at his own feet. Each of us is subject to the consequences of his own belief.

If prayer fails I am in a greater darkness yet, not knowing whether I have presumed too much or believed too little.

Fiction is true. It doesn’t have to factual to be true.

Living a fruitful and purposeful life has eternal blessings

Also the air: the air is full of sighs and cries. These are never lost: if you listen carefully, with a sympathetic ear, you can hear them echoing forever within the second sphere.

Death is another inevitable consequence of possessing something without its understanding

Narcotics cannot still the tooth. That Nibbles at the soul

Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame or praise is to be divided.

In my work, there's a tremendous amount of rejection and waves of fertile and fallow times.

I think Miami is such a beautiful, sexy, gorgeous place. I love the people there.

And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.

Physically walking where Jesus walked is less important than walking as He walked.