No one loses their innocence. It is either taken or given away willingly.

Nothing renews my faith in humanity more than the exchange of compassion so profound that mere words cannot embrace it.

If we don't fight for what we 'stand for' with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really 'stand' for anything?

The problem with having problems is that ‘someone’ always has it worse.

Obedience is the virtue that determines whether a person is either a servant or a rebel. Life of integrity is built on obedience of God's statutes and nothing else.

I can see death and more death, till we are black and swollen with death.

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.

You know, I have had a terrible life. I married two men I really didn't like. My only daughter was killed in a car accident. My brother committed suicide. Has my life been a life for anyone to envy?

Never hit a woman unless you are a bigger woman.

I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.

A lot of times I just feel like this is not a special day, these are just clothes that I bought.

Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.

A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone.

After all, if freedom of speech means anything, it means a willingness to stand and let people say things with which we disagree, and which do weary us considerably.