Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

To be well trained is to be trained in a kingdom dimension

Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.

Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting. It's jest that they've got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He's hard to find - which He ain't never.

[On the metaphysical:] ... I knew in some marvelous way I had touched the hem of the unknown. And being me, I wanted to lift that hemline a little bit more.

There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.

I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work. In fact, I'm offered so much good stuff that it's not so occasional.

I don't like pop music.

I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island.

I was always interested in doing it, but I was so content with my life that I didn't really go after it.

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.