My intellect is so limited, Lord, that I can only trust in You to preserve me as I should be.

You will have found Christ when you are concerned with other people’s sufferings and not your own.

You shall know the truth, and it will make you odd.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

Right now the whole world seems to be going through a dark night of the soul.

Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.

...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.

What people don’t realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.

[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .

It is the business of the artist to uncover the strangeness of truth

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

Everything that the administration has done has been counterproductive.

I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there.

Each person has their own brand and style and the way they do things.

Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.

Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption

The darker it gets, the brighter your light will shine.

When I mentor, I tell people that don't have to look like a supermodel but you have got to feel your best, look your best, and be confident.

In a really great way, you simultaneously try to take up as little and as much space as possible.

Playing golf is like going to a strip joint. After 18 holes you are tired and most of your balls are missing.

I sometimes call Donald Trump the placebo president. He will talk a big game, but for domestic policy I think change remarkably little.