I listened to you tell me, tell everyone, and all the world, “Praise the Lord.” You were broken, but not by bullets and bombs. You were broken by grace.

Life is a story. Why do we die? Because we live. Why do we live? Because our Maker opened His mouth and began to tell a story.

Truth: We are the present. We are now. We are the razor's edge of history. The future flies at us and from that dark blur we shape the past. And the past is forever.

God's big enough that small doesn't matter.

We are narrative creatures, and we need narrative nourishment—narrative catechisms.

Glory is sacrifice, glory is exhaustion, glory is having nothing left to give.Almost.It is death by living.

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.

The biggest mystery of the people is "The People".

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings.

I'm not very keen for doves or hawks. I think we need more owls.

My songs don't play on pop radio; they play on black radio.

It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.

Actually I started out as a fast bowler but people told me that I was chucking the ball, so i changed to spin.

In after-life you may have friends--fond, dear friends; but never will you have again the inexpressible love and gentleness lavished upon you which none but a mother bestows.