Prayer opens our eyes that we may see ourselves and others as God sees us.

I'm just a broken thing you're familiar with.

But prayer isn't asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right.

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

I have my whole life organized on an 11x17-inch tear-away weekly calendar.

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty.

A freshet in the autumn does not compensate for a drought in the spring.

But the touch or company of any man whatsoever stirreth up their heat, which in their solitude was hushed and quiet, and lay as cinders raked up in ashes.

My exit is the result of too many entrees.

I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here, 'Cause I remember it all, all, all... too well...