People don’t talk about mercy very much these days—it has a rather old-fashioned ring to it. but it exists and its power is quite extraordinary

…the world was a vale of tears—it always had been.

What we have, we all must lose—that applied to everything, even to that which we thought we had the greatest right. We were tenants of this earth—nothing more.

…there is faith and faith. One form of faith is actual practice—the rituals and so on—the other form of faith involves actually believing in it.

Tolerance was like one of those soothing creams—it drew out inflammation, it did away with the pain.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.' But eating too many, is quite enough-plenty. And you'll have to go see the good doc anyway.

I have nothing to hide. I am a servant of the living God. He is the only one I answer to.

If both parties have a stake in the other, the chances of them killing each other are going to be reduced.

Love will sacrifice more to others than friendship, but then it exacts more from them.

Grass probably helped me as much as it hurt me. Especially as a performer.

But I'm also a music lover, and I'll always try a lot of different things.

God descends to the humble as waters flow down from the hills into the valleys.

Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar things in new ways.

If I have a right to a job, education, health care or a house, then I must be able to specify the person or persons who owe me any or all of these things.

Whether it is television or film, the character on the page has to speak to me.