When gratitude dies on the altar of a man's heart, that man is well-nigh hopeless.

The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God.

The greatest ability is dependability.

It is never right to do wrong in order to get a chance to do right.

What you love and what you hate reveal what you are.

Don't ask God to give you a light burden. Ask Him to give you strong shoulders to carry a heavy burden.

The test of your character is what it takes to stop you.

A man is a fool who leans on the arm of flesh when he can be supported by the arm of Omnipotence.

It is wonderful when God saves a drunkard which He sometimes does, but it is more wonderful still when God saves little children before they become drunkards, libertines, and degenerates.

No nation has ever prospered or been blessed like the colored people in the South.

If you do not do your God-assigned task, throughout eternity there will be a job that has never been done.

It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves

I fall asleep with the sound of her voice echoing in my head, and a feeling in my chest like someone is scooping my heart out with a spoon.

When someone you loved was depending on your lie, it was perfectly easy.

...the heart breaks in so many different ways that when it heals, it will have fault lines ...

The introvert's anthem for not wanting to hang out is 'It's not you

Listening to your ego brings your vibration down

Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along.

But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.

Do not imitate one another's style. If you do, so far as your art is concerned you will be called a grandson, rather than the son of Nature.

Well, I don't think of myself as a diva. I'm too dorky! Look at my shoes. (Points to the aforementioned sneakers.) I always look like this. I don't always want to be "working."