Not that the man needed clothes. God meant for that piece of perfection to have nothing masking the luscious, tanned flesh stretched taut over beautiful muscles.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections

We may as well not pray at all as offer our prayers in a lifeless manner.

I have a strict policy that nobody cries alone in my presence.

Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own.

No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.

History is not what happened 200 or 2,000 years ago; it's a story about what happened 200 or 2,000 years ago.

No government that is for the profiteers can also be for the people, and I am for the people, while the government is for the profiteers.

Fortitude, determination... in a way they're things that I idealize myself and am curious about.

Time is rhythm: the insect rhythm of a warm humid night, brain ripple, breathing, the drum in my temple—these are our faithful timekeepers; and reason corrects the feverish beat.

A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere.