But words is like th spots on dice: no matter how y fumbles em, there's times when they jes wont come.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.

We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

Great leaders die empty. They live to offload everything they put in them! Don’t die with your books in your mind unpublished!

If it weren't for acid, you might not have an IPod, and you definitely would not have some of the best music in your IPod.

I wanted to be a teacher.

If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal songs and getting someone else to sing them.

We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.

Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give.

Jesus called fishermen, not graduates of rabbinical schools. The main requirement was to be natural and sincere.

Young people who learn the arts do better in every phase of their lives.

American citizens were targeted and nothing is going to be done about it.

It is so often self who tries to live the Christian life. No wonder we need breaking. As long as self is in control, God can do little with us.