He stripped off the armor of institutional friendships To dedictate his soul To the terrible deities of Truth and Beauty.

Work for your own soul's sake.

To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.

In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror.

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

To love is to find your own soul Through the soul of the beloved one.

There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived the great range of life.

The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul.

To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.

The snows and the roses of yesterday are vanished; And what is love but a rose that fades?

I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea. And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silence for which music alone finds the word.

A good reading strengthens the soul.

Successful witnessing is taking the initiative to share Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God.

The pleasant surprise for me is that when I look into Tony's eyes, he's still 100% present, sharing everything that's going on. Acting with him is like a beautiful dance.

As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing.

Baths are my favorite thing. I can have two, three a day.

As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them.

It is one's duty to make the most of the best that is in him.

Job dissatisfaction is the number one factor in whether you survive your first heart attack.

I had a record deal with Sony in the beginning of the 90s, and I was rapping and singing in my band.