Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto.

One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.

Conscience is thus explained only as the voice of God in the soul.

If you place [your bet] with God, you lose nothing, even if it turns out that God does not exist. But if you place it against God, and you are wrong and God does exist, you lose everything.

We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal.

We need God’s great-grace in all spheres of life.

The bright blue sky remained cloudless, and the aquamarine ocean still crashed gently onto the white sand beach, but the scene was suddenly warped. Twisted, as I processed Thad's words.

Think you can think you can't either way you'll be right.

Ignorance and fear are twins whose mother is slavery and whose father is oppression, and the mentality of the whole family is that of slaves.

Two or three tons of rock can really get you down-and keep you there.

Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it.

I don't know how much a photograph can add to a biography, the way a film or writing or narrative medium could. Because it's a frozen image.

I think that the older you get, the more you become your true, essential self. You find the things that make you happy. You whittle away the parts of yourself that mean less to you.

Presley's what I go by, why don't you change the station.

Human lives seldom conform to the conventions of fiction. Chekhov says that it is in the beginnings and endings of stories that we are most tempted to lie. I know what he means, and I agree.