I had so much respect for the fact that Father Andrew saw his own sins in my actions. I wished all adults were like Father Andrew.

He lifted himself out of the darkness of his fears, into a bright new world of possibility.

Time erodes us all.

Your power is in your thoughts not in your physical strength,

Never go down to the darkest room. Stay far away from the rotting coffin. If you want to live through the night, let the devil sleep.

Many men have children, but not many children have 'Fathers'. Age releases to you reproductive skills. Fatherhood requires LEADERSHIP skills

Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you thought it would.

After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn't be carousels if it weren't so.

I measure every grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes - I wonder if it weighs like mine - or has an easier size.

Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. For God turned clay into men, while the absolute despot turns men into clay.

The real value in everything you do is in the details.