It made him wonder if all things taken from their home too soon lost some of their bloom.

You can be spiritual all by yourself. Everybody has a soul. But to be religious, it seems like you need other people, and then sometimes it becomes more about the people than the soul.

Porches could be cleaned with a broom in a few minutes, but the soul could not be swept. It had to be shaken. And shaking the loess from a soul took a lifetime and more strength than most people had.

There are struggles you cannot win, but a man can meet his own heart if value is found in loss. Give yourself permission to cry.

The power of our country relies on the character that comes out of each of our homes.

The world has a way of dragging down our mood.

I wonder if God hears prayers if the only time you make them is when you’re in trouble.

He knew that prejudice was a necessary part of the weak spirit of some men.

Time does not heal, but it can liberate. A race run well can never be lost.

Hope was always hard to find in the darkness.

Doing without will wear on you until temptation is stronger than character, sometimes.

Greatness is not greater than you, you have total control over greatness.

I compete every moment, and my competition is only with myself.

The universe requires balance. Nothing, nothing, can exist without it. There is no life, no light, without death, without darkness. There is no memory… without emptiness.

They spoke less and less between them until at last they were silent altogether as is often the way with travelers approaching the end of a journey.

...the past is in us, and not behind us. Things are never over.

I like spending time with healthy people whose brains are turned on.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

Never react emotionally to what happens but always look for and find in every circumstance the good that's surely present there.

And what I have, what I am, is enough, was always enough for me, and as far as my dear little sweet little future is concerned I have no qualms, I have a good time coming.