If that Negro is faithful all his days, he can and will enter the celestial kingdom. He will go there as a servant, but he will get a celestial resurrection.

God has given a new revelation of himself in modern times and we are the custodians of the message.

To us the family is the cornerstone of civilization and must ever be. It is the foundation of proper human relationships.

Obedience is a part of greatness.

You simply keep putting down one damn word after the other, as you hear them, as they come to you. You can either set brick as a laborer or as an artist.

Never burn your bridges till you come to them.

Where is your sense of patriotism?" I keep it hid away safe, along with my sense of trust, Mr. Clent. I don't use 'em much in case they get scratched.

Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and do a lot of thinking about what's happened - almost to calm themselves.

I'd been right from the start - soulmates were for fairy tales. In real life, people were just people, and they couldn't be trusted.

The seed of every sin is in every heart.

We are the sum of who we are. We pick certain things at certain moments that influenced us.

This American government has become very adept at attaching labels to people who defend themselves, so that the general population in America will condone their behavior.

You took a pretty picture and you smashed it into bits, sank me into blackness and you sealed it with a kiss.

The most effectual encouragement to population is, the activity of industry, and the consequent multiplication of the national products.