Their opposition to Christianity is not intellectual. They simply do not want Christ to reign over them!

Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul.

The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry Of bugles going by. And my lonely spirit thrills To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.

The size of your body is just right. The only question is whether you're big enough inside.

Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune I saw the white daisies go down to the sea, A host in the sunshine, an army in June, The people God sends us to set our heart free.

I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His foot print in the sod.

There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood- Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a rhyme, With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.

Lord of the far horizons, Give us the eyes to see Over the verge of the sundown The beauty that is to be.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't somebody watching.

I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

If you boil it down, just because someone else does the wrong thing we are not exempt from doing what’s right.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

Whatever prevents you from doing your work has become your work.

Speaking as somebody who has been happily married for 35 years, I can't imagine any choice more consequential for a lifelong journey than the choice of a traveling companion.

To rush to throw away your magazine business and move it on the iPad is just sheer insanity and insecurity and fear.

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

Films tend to argue in favor of whatever they show.

I definitely wanted much more normalness than what was around me.

You rest now. Rest for longer than you are used to resting. Make a stillness around you, a field of peace. Your best work, the best time of your life will grow out of this peace.

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.