Nothing you are choosing to do for yourself is worth the tears and feelings of dread every single morning. NOTHING.

Make a concise statement clearly and you should only need to say it once.

Even with fasting and prayers you still need wisdom. At the root of every great accomplishment is wisdom. In all your getting get wisdom first.

A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth.

If you are reading this, you are still alive, and, therefore, the story is not over. Something else could happen.

I think one of the reasons I haven't been doing music is because I think that some of my performance, like, needs are being taken care of in other mediums.

Fortunately, any kind of setback has represented a challenge to do better, rather than an acceptance of inferiority on my part.

Most Americans ... have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne.

A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.

If we lacked imagination enough to foresee something better, life would indeed be a tragedy.

Rational thoughts never drive people's creativity the way emotions do.

One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church and state . . . Christianity and democracy are inevitably enemies.