[Jesus] said, “Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.…For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners” (Matt. 9:10-13). Jesus opened up God’s heart to men.

She liked it dark when her soul felt black

Show your vulnerability, but have faith. You will succeed. Growth is not glamorous.

Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food.

I am in the earth and the earth is in me

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy.

Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it's the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare.

You can change the world. Please don't do that, OK? Some of us like the way things are going now.

Life is difficult. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something.

In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy.