She knew the soothing power of a human touch on aching flesh. Knew the strange bond that formed when two creatures united in mutual need, one hurting, the other healing.

Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance.

Her name was a silent song on his lips. Her love was like a circle in the water, radiating ever outward, inevitably encompassing even the remotest of hearts.

You always look on the dark side of life. I believe in capturing the moment...Joy is so fleeting. You never know when it might be snatched away.

You cannot understand God without understanding people

Idiot wind, blowing every time you open your mouth.

It's very difficult for me to evaluate my own stuff.

Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq.

The ultimate horror movie for a really un-illuminated being is an enlightened person. They are scared of others seeing what they are all about and what they really do. They are scared of truth.

Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people in Jacksonville.

I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way.

To believe in'the greater good' isto operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension.

If it respected religion, Israel would have transferred these synagogues back to its territory.

I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.