Some women blush when they are kissed some call for the police some swear some bite. But the worst are those who laugh.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

And here's to the blues, the real blues— where there's a hint of hope in every cry of desperation.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

Nature is simply the opportunity for the artist to express himself.

I used to jokingly say, "I don't teach art. I'm an art doctor." Students come to me and say, "My art's sick," and we help them make it well.

We have a tendency to assume people are a unity, and thus good people all good, etc. But the fact that Hitler was good to dogs and children isn't a paradox.

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.

Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.

Wash the bones, bring the body, leave the heart behind.

The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul.