...free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man. Freedom cannot be conceived simply.

In yourself right now is all the place you've got.

Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it

It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes.

If you want to get anywhere in religion, you got to keep it sweet.

That belief in Christ is to some a matter of life and death has been a stumbling block for readers who would prefer to think it a matter of no great consequence.

Hazel Motes sat at a forward angel on the green plush train seat, looking one minute at the window as if he might want to jump out of it, and the next down the aisle at the other end of the car.

That's the trouble with you preachers, " he said. "You've all got too good to believe in anything, " and he drove off with a look of disgust and righteousness.

He had a winning smile and it was evident that he didn't think he was any better than anybody else even though he was.

Love is an expression of power. We can use it to transform our world.

Each day's dawn is a sweet symphony and as long as I hear the music, my dreams will have to die another day.

Distance gives a clearer view. You can't see the facade of a building while staying inside.

there is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars

Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.

Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet to get it! Is the scholastic air any advantage?

For the less even as for the greater there is some deed that he may accomplish but once only; and in that deed his heart shall rest.

Every artist who evolves a style does so from illusive elements that inhabit his or her visual storehouse.

Everybody likes to see somebody else get caught for the vices practiced by themselves.

I'm not bloodthirsty, but...seriously, she killed you. She needs to be dead.