Time, like a preacher in the days of the Puritans, turned the hour-glass on his high pulpit, the church belfry.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

The level of Personal Responsibility in developed countries is averagely much higher than is seen in developing nations.

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them.

I started appreciating and valuing different things. Some things just became insufferable to me, and not just literature. I used to like horror movies and now I couldn't stand them.

Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.

Why is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment?

My passion is writing comics and storytelling, and I'm constantly working to improve. I hit my deadlines, I know how to work with and artists, I'm professional, and I bring my A-game every time.

Quit dwelling on the negative things people have said about you. You don’t have to have everyone’s approval. You have God’s approval.

It's a true feeling that comes from the heart, not something that just comes out of my mouth. Blues is what I love, and blues is what I always do.

I want to embrace all of this: touring, going to Europe, Canada, Australia. I want to travel the world, just have a great hang, and hopefully, be a messenger.

We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.