In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

I do not believe that one can become rich without being a shark

The time is a critical one, for it marks the beginning of the second half of life, when a metanoia, a mental transformation, not infrequently occurs.(on being 36 yrs old)

We don't do the cleaning, the Holy Spirit does

So much easier to give. I detest asking.

My father used to say: Son if you are not bright you've got to be methodical (defusing argument when challenged and proved right)

Being an Australian that's been No. 1 in the world back home playing in Australia, that's a pretty cool moment to have.

The pride never leads, never submits, and never leaves.

Our emotions are PURE, our logic is KORRUPT

Based on my own personal experience – both as an investor in recent years and an expert witness in years past – rarely do more than three or four variables really count. Everything else is noise.

Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque.