The man of courage thinks not of himself. Help the oppressed and put thy trust in God.

Oh how can we, scarce mastering our passions, expect that youth should keep itself in check?

There is a sacred potential in every soul.

Be the master of your own thoughts to control your future.

I assumed that looking back reminded older guys of what they had shot at and missed, the what-ifs, the good memories, the bad, the people left behind, the people who moved on.

The process of communication with the afterlife - more of an exchange than a conversation - has always fascinated me.

For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.

I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid.

First you have to have a dream.

If I'm wrong, I'm man enough to say I'm wrong.

To serve God, to love God, to enjoy God, is the sweetest freedom in the world.

I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops.