If understanding followed no rule at all, there would be no good in the understanding nor in the matter understood, and to remain in ignorance would be the greatest good.

Death has no terrors for a sincere servant of Christ who is laboring to bring souls to a knowledge of the truth.

He who loves not lives not.

Without producing, no man can love, nor can he understand or remember, nor have the power of feeling and being.

Religion is the politics of faith

Remember, you are never alone in this world. Never.

The saddle is off and the rest of this ride will be bareback. Code for it's gonna be a tough ride to the finish.

She was surprised at how tiny it seemed now. She supposed the school was just as big as it had ever been only her eyes had grown used to looking at bigger things.

Reality is overrated to me. Everyone spends enough time on the computer, eating, going out to bars. Why do I need to read a book about that?

I wonder a lot about making things meaningful. You want to do meaningful work and make art, but you're making records, which is good, but you don't want to weight them - it's a very curious thing.

I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write.

That cotton trade was almost the deal breaker for me. It was at that point that I said, “Mr. Stupid, why risk everything on one trade? Why not make your life a pursuit of happiness rather than pain?

It was never my goal to be an actor.

What a benediction is this fragrance of the early morning! The vernal grass fills the whole atmosphere as with a shower of sweetness.