I thought and pondered -- vainly. I felt that blank incapability of invention which is the greatest misery of authorship, when dull Nothing replies to our anxious invocations,

Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!

Reflect carefully on this, for it is so important that I can hardly lay too much stress on it. Fix your eyes on the Crucified and nothing else will be of much importance to you.

Nature conceals her secrets because she is sublime, not because she is a trickster.

I feel better in my body now than when I was 20. Why not?

Morality, too, is a question of time.

The Bible is a Perfect Map and Chart to the Christian on Pilgrimage Through the World.

There are nice things in the world - and I mean nice things. We're all such morons to get so sidetracked.

Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.

I believe that God is the Great Companion, that we are not left orphans, that we may have comradeship with him.

My family is part Creole, and were Indian, and were also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue.

Death is not the enemy. A life lived without love is the enemy.