I live to hold communion With all that is divine, To feel there is a union Twixt Natures heart and mine.

I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.

I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, and the good that I can do.

For the cause that lacks assistance, The wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do.

For the cause that lacks assistance The wrong that needs resistance For the future in the distance And the good that I can do.

Why ask for your daily bread when you own the bakery?

I like to think that when I complete a novel I learned something along the way.

P57/8- one must seek to live with others in solidarity..only through communication can human life hold meaning.

Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.

Anything that can be put in a nut shell should remain there.

To my mind losing is always better than never trying, because you can never tell what may happen.

YOU are using a frisbee as a plate." "Uh, what? I'm not using a--oh hang on, this is a frisbee. Weird." Victor glared at me. "Dude, calm down, I'll wash it afterward. It's probably dishwasher safe.

Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.

If [Barack] Obama or the boss or the newspapers or anyone else tells you they're doing this, that, or the other thing, dismiss it or assume the opposite is true, which it often is.

My mother played a little bit of the old time clawhammer. She tuned the banjo up and picked one tune for me, and it just become natural to me. When she picked it, I just started and picked it, too.