I despise charity. It gives crumbs to a few and silences the others.

Three of the ten principles governing the City of Joy are (a) tell the truth, (b) stop waiting to be rescued, and (c) give away what you want the most.

You will touch this joy and you will suddenly know it is what you were looking for your whole life, but you were afraid to even acknowledge the absence because the hunger for it was so encompassing.

If you REALLY want to know what another person is like, notice how he or she treats the less fortunate or those without position or title.

Shadows of the world made shadows of the heart much deeper.

In about the same degree as you are helpful you will be happy.

I would not choose to go where I would be afraid to die, nor could I bear to live without a good hope for hereafter.

Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad.

Everything I write is about me.

Couples take care of each other, Clare, that's what makes them a couple. And couples tell each other when something happens that scares them.

Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge, but passes into it through an intermediate state of obscurity, even as night into day through twilight.

People assumed that I would have everything handed to me, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I was on my own just doing the grind.