To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

His eyes were the same colour as the sea in a postcard someone sends you when they love you, but not enough to stay.

Existentialism's first move is to make every man aware of what he is and to make the full responsibility of his existence rest on him.

Time ... is the life of the soul.

After living out of a suitcase for years, it's a feeling of peace to wake up in the night and know where I am.

When the heart grows weary, all things seem dreary; When the burden grows heavy, the way seems long. Thank God for sending kind death as an ending, Like a grand Amen to a minor song.

The Lord is letting the wheat and the tares mature before he fully purges the Church. He is also testing you to see if you will be misled. The devil is trying to deceive the very elect.

How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life.

What protects you in this world from sadness and from the loss of an ability to do something? ... Work and love.

Prayer is a silent surrendering of everything to God.

I know I'm good at tennis. Other than that, everything else is a wild card. I'm a wild card.