Life before Death.Strength before Weakness.Journey before Destination.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.

Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.

One can have a wit, but not a witless

We represent the true human condition, the one permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. . . . Our true home is the imagination, and our kingdom is the wide-open world.

And though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance

Afford every soul you encounter the wide and free passage they need to give birth to the dear expressions they feel are important.

Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart

Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum.

I get my inspiration from books, pictures, art. I might find a vintage scarf and say, "I think this should be our color palette."

I've learned my feelings and thoughts are secondary to what needs to get done - that what matters is the next right action.

Time discovers truth.

Thou shalt prove That beauty is no beauty without love.

Prejudice is always dangerous.