I can't tell my future, so I'm going to tell my past.

Far too many husbands fail to recognize that what your wife wants and needs most from you is your concern for her soul.

If you don't like my ocean don't fish in my sea Stay out of my valley and let my mountain be.

They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing cause that's a way of understanding life.

The core of a man's life should be his relationship with God. The man who walks humbly with God is motivated and empowered to step up and assume the difficult responsibilitie s that come his way.

This be an empty world without the blues.

Pulling weeds and planting seeds. That's the story of life. We are individual lots on which either weeds of selfishness or fruit of the Holy Spirit grows and flourishes.

Set your sights not just on the next few weeks ... set your sights on the years ahead - because our vision will look that far ahead.

Your marriage moves toward a state of isolation. Unless you lovingly and energetically nurture your marriage, you will begin to drift away from your mate.

[Advice to Bessie Smith:] Let your soul do the singin'.

Every dad is the family role model, whether he wants the job or not.

If you change your words to positive reinforcement, the negative reactions will lose their power

Of silence, I can say only what I heard, that all things are known by that which they make or leave–and so speech isn’t itself, but its effect, and silence is the same.

All of us are in the manufacturing industry - manufacturing either our own happiness or unhappiness.

I’m tired of pretending, tired of acting like everything’s okay, tired of not being with him…

The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.

I have a swastika tattoo on my arm, but it's just because I like right-hand turns.

If I could wish for immortality on earth, it would only be for the power of relieving the distressed.

I discovered at the age of six that everything was a phony, worked with mirrors. Since then, I've always wanted to be a magician.

They call me Tater Salad

I always wonder why some people see things as weird and some people don't.