True art awakens theExtraordinaryOvation

Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.

Just because you're breathing, doesn't mean you're alive.

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

The people who know God well—mystics, hermits, prayerful people, those who risk everything to find God—always meet a lover, not a dictator.

While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself.

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.

Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the inside of the person who is seeing it.

Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.

Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.

Prayer finds its source in God's holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness.

All my life I knew that there was all the money you could want out there. All you have to do is go after it.

I have found nothing stronger than Necessity.

The best teachers are the best storytellers.

Morality knows nothing of geographical boundaries, or distinctions of race.

I believe that marriage is not just a bond but a sacred bond between a man and a woman.

John Walker Lindh, a twenty-year-old American studying in Pakistan, was captured in Northern Afghanistan fighting for the Taliban. Experts call it the worst semester abroad program ever.

I led a comfortable life, went to good schools and was privileged in many ways, but my father worked hard. We never considered ourselves rich.

A lot of things are yours, America

The labyrinth of Ephebe is ancient and full of one hundred and one amazing things you can do with hidden springs, razor-sharp knives, and falling rocks.

Softball is an easy sport to fall in love because our game is fast paced and action packed.