Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.

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.

Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.

The source of greatness lies in commitment, persistence, and perseverance.

I have been crying," she replied, simply, "and it has done me good. It helps a woman you know, just as swearing helps a man

I've come to see that I'm saying something that people generally do not want to hear.

Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.

I try to keep a pretty one-tracked mind.

I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.

I brake for brunettes.

My Chevrolet shines like a marble floor. Baby keep it raw, have you modeled before?

Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.