In the eyes of God, the infinite spirit, all the millions that have lived and now live do not make a crowd. He only sees each individual

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

What is greater than painIs a greater brainMore powerful than anything.

Aging has brought me greater liberty in fiction. When I was young I was harder on myself. I wrote with an idea of absolute seriousness.

I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.

There are robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.

One of the laws of nature," Gordon said, "is that half the people have got to be below average.""For a Gaussian distribution, yeah," Cooper said. "Sad, though.

A natural man hath no such thing as free-will at all, if you take it for a power of doing that which is good and well-pleasing unto God in things spiritual.

It is a sign of intimacy to be able to read in the same room with another person, as trusting as dreaming with someone right beside you.

Nobody says anything real today. Most of those girls have their songs written by other people. It annoys me, because 'eh oh eh oh ahh' is not a chorus...

There's really only one true path to recovery that's using the 12 step program and finding a belief in something greater than yourself (spirituality).

I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.