Only in full surrender to the Spirit and to the Writings of God can a man or woman hope to find wisdom, knowledge, or an understanding of Spiritual things.

The God of this world has chosen to provide light to all mankind through His Son, who was crucified and died so that we could be cleansed and made free

Although mankind is made from mere dust of the ground, we are made in the image of God. As we emulate His image, we have value and purpose.

Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.

There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.

I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong.

Even if you don't have the authorities - and frankly I didn't have the authorities for anything - if you take charge, people will follow.

When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.

With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go.

I feel a real connection to Brooklyn, certainly, because I spent 20 years of my life there, but I don't think of myself as a Brooklyn artist any more than I think of myself as a male artist.

...a nation could change its way of life, its history, its technology, its art, literature, and culture, but it would never have a real chance to change its gestures.

I'm God's messenger from the gypsy tent. And it's the message that's important, not the messenger.