Remember this: The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself.

The only difference between a winner and a loser is character.

The next best thing to gambling and winning is gambling and losing.

Forgiveness is God's command.

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

I don't want the world to define God for me. I want the Holy Spirit to reveal God to me.

Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity.

The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads.

There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel.

...a writer's works, like the water in an artesian well, mount to a height which is in proportion to the depth to which suffering has penetrated his soul.

We are as happy as people can be, without making themselves ridiculous, and might be even happier; but, as a matter of taste, we choose to stop short at this point.

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.

It's time to respect the treaties our ancestors signed and care for our land, water, and cultures so that they remain healthy for our future generations.