Prayer is not the cunning art of using God, subjecting Him to one's selfish ends in an effort to get out of Him what you want.

If the 'self-life' is supreme, Satan does not have to be invited in. The lines are already set for the 'electric' current to flow. Satan is master of ceremonies, though he be apparently non-existent.

Peter remained on friendly terms with Christ notwithstanding Christ's having healed his mother-in-law.

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

My faith is so strong that I believe that God made me 5-11 for a reason. For all the kids that have been told, no, that they can't do it, or all the kids that will be told no.

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.

It's not about if I can! I'm doing this because I want to... If I have to die fighting for it, then I die.

In secret pleasure — secret tears This changeful life has slipped away

You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a slow one, in terms of what it takes out of you mentally.

Men after death ... are understood worse than men of the moment, but heard better.

All artists have to do that at a certain point. This shift that has to happen between the initial moment of creation and then the consideration of what has been created.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.