Just imagine how suggestive things are.

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord builds the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

No action can be virtuous unless it is freely chosen.

If all you ever do is all you've ever done, then all you'll ever get is all you've ever got.

I was on the playground all night. I ain't never go to parties or nothing. I'd get out of school at 3 and be out there playing until one in the morning with one streetlight. For real.

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.

Meditation gives you the wherewithal to pause, observe how easily the mind can exaggerate the severity of a setback, and resist getting drawn into the abyss.

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

I have a beautiful wife and two beautiful children, and every day I am paid to do what I love.

I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral indignation.