O land and soil, red soil and sweet-gum tree, So scant of grass, so profligate of pines

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.

We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

When you follow your desires, your fears fade.

To understand the universe around us, we must understand the universe within us.

Heaven has no clocks or calendars, and time will be no more [Revelation 10:6].

Kell managed an echo of her smile, and [Lila] gasped. "What's that on your face?"The smile vanished. "What?""Never mind, " she said, laughing. "It's gone.

Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.

You are able to do many things. But be sure you find the one thing you must do.

How can you be more subject; black woman in a white man's world?

Release your majestic mind, embrace your untamed inner spirit. Break free from captivity, avoid society.. You were born to be free.

Prosperity has no power over adversity.

Envy is the root of the egalitarian ethos.