The greatest blessing of prayer is not receiving the answer but being the kind of person God can trust with His answer.

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.

File under "Hard Truths": the creative muse is fiction. If you sit around waiting for the right moment to create, you will die waiting.

It is not necessary to be an 'Intelligent', It's wise to have the 'Internet

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

When stupidity of today joins with the stupidity of yesterday it becomes a myth

You need to get up in the morning and say, 'Boy, I'm going to - in my own stupid way - save the world today.'

You have a real asset-price bubble in places like parts of California and the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

My biggest addictions have been chocolate cake, mashed potatoes, and butter sandwiches.

How much there is I want to do! I always feel that I haven't time to accomplish what I wish. I want to read much. I wanted to write a great deal. I want to make money.

Right now, in my mind, this is nothing but grip strength and focus.

If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them.