Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman, I care not what his stamp may be in society; I care not what clothes he wears, or what culture he boasts.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

Rainmakers create growth through commitment.

Remember that churches would be empty ruins without the sinners who transform them into places of life, love and worship.

Above all, the photographs I use are not arty in any sense of the word. I think photography is dead as fine art; its only place is in the commercial world, for technical or information purposes.

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.

I like hanging out with people.

Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.

And as a filmmaker, I'm trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant, long, enormously lucrative theatrical run, that your movie somehow failed. And I don't believe that.

It's okay that we're not perfect. It's okay that we all have problems. It's okay to cry, to show emotions.

What turned me on to comedy was - well, first of all, I like being able to laugh, I like people who can make me laugh.

I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did.