The only way that you can ever know if something is of value to you is by the way it feels as you are receiving it

Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don't want.

The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness

The image of where you are going has to be more dominant than the image of where you are.

The greatest irony in the world is that you are so blessed and don't know it.

Stop telling it like it is and start telling it like you WANT it to be!

An answer to a question no one asked is a wasted answer.

Look forward to where you want to be and spend no time complaining about where you are.

The certain pathway to all things that you want is through the corridor of joy.

A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don't allow the happy moment, because they're so busy trying to get a happy life.

The main event has never been the manifestation; the main event has always been the way you feel moment by moment, because that's what life is.

Lewis is like a gateway, making the riches of Deep Church more accessible.

I know you're scared, but doing something even though it scares you is the definition of brave.

A philosopher goes where the truth leads and has no patience with mere emotion.

Reason necessarily expresses itself through emotions and emotions are healthy only insofar as they are expressions of reason.

I took my vow to poetry; this is where I'm going to be. These are my people; this is my tribe. This is where I'm going to put my energy.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. [and therefore not appreciate it fully or be grateful for it every moment.]

And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.

And then, at night, the lit lamp and the drawn curtain, with the flutter of the turned page and soft scrape of pen on paper the only sounds to break the silence between quarter- and quarter-chime.

My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer.

I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut.