Recounting of a life story, a mind thinking aloud leads one inevitably to the consideration of problems which are no longer psychological but spiritual.

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

I am convinced that nine out of every ten persons seeing a psychiatrist do not need one. They need someone who will love them with God's love...and they will get well.

Everything that is worthwhile in life is scary. Choosing a school, choosing a career, getting married, having kids - all those things are scary. If it is not fearful, it is not worthwhile.

That is what marriage really means; helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible and autonomous beings who do not run away from life.

There are two things we cannot do alone. One is to be married and the other is to be a Christian.

The adventurous life is not one exempt from fear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears of all kinds, one in which we go forward in spite of our fears.

Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either.

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

To be right is dangerous, it has ever been the source of all intolerance.

Not knowing the answer to a question is not a valid excuse for making up a fairytale to explain it.

If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

I can't help telling you that I've begin to feel deserted.

But grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and the strength to hang on.

A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.

I haven't a clue why I've lasted so long. There's no reason. There are many people more talented than me. I think it's luck.

On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100%.

The kid was so handsome, he almost looked unreal.

All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy. But you need a hell of a sense of humor to handle it.

Yeah I grew up on the Westside of Detroit.