Those who want rain, must also accept the mud.

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.

When I'm falling, my girlfriends are my soft landing.

Most black singers like to slow the word down and, and go directly to your heart. They're not interested in your ears, we just want to go directly to your heart.

Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

Architecture must make connections

As long as you know what you are doing and how to anticipate and throw, I don't think you need all that much physically.

Losing the possibility of something is the exact same thing as losing hope and without hope nothing can survive.

When I moved to SF in my early 20s, I loved it, but I was absolutely astonished to discover that people there hated L.A. I was just like why? Really? I had no idea.

There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent. There was no greater distinction between people.

Submission to suffering is a form of annihilation, but transformation of suffering rekindles a faith that gives life.

You're still the one I run to, the one that I belong to, you're still the one I want for life.