Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

Esoteric things progress not according to time, but by activity, they can be slow or quick, depending upon the efforts made.

There is great beauty in the world but you will not trip over it with every step. When a man dulls himself to beauty, the world begins to die.

The unspiritual is a slave to sin.…! But spiritual is slave to righteousness in Christ Jesus.

I do a good job of staying positive and just moving on.

We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world.

I'm much more of a risk taker. I'm more fearless now than when I was 18. I was much more self-aware and I cared too much about what people thought of me and now I really don't. I probably should.

Forgiveness is essential to health, growth, and healing.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.

The most delightful aspect about the language of cinema is that it speaks to each of us in different ways - it is a purely subjective experience.

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.