Let me be one of the upward and outward lookers, not one of the downward and inward lookers.

We cannot understand the meaning of many trials; God does not explain them. To explain a trial would be to destroy its object, which is that of calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience.

An outward observance without any real inward meaning is only a ceremony.

God is the God of the present as well as of the future...even here on earth, He reigneth, dispensing good and evil.

So true is it that all sin is ultimately against the Lord; so bitter is the root of self.

Traveling-to-a-place energy and living-in-a-place energy are two fundamentally different energies

I'd rather die holding on to the love I believe in, than to live embracing a love that's a lie.

A lot of people go straight from denial to despair without pausing in the middle and doing something about it.

They know not how many things are signified by the words stealing, sowing, buying, keeping quiet, seeing what ought to be done; for this is not effected by the eyes, but by another kind of vision.

I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.

The love is what's left at the end because it's the bedrock, fundamental reality that gets hidden all the time, but never really goes away.

I find writing really hard, but then, every author I know finds writing really hard work.

I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right?

Hundreds and hundreds of beautiful horses in the parade and a man without a silver saddle is a vagrant.