The Gods occupy the loftiest regions, men the lowest, the demons the middle region...They have immortality of body, but passions of the mind in common with men.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable.

The power of faith can be a strong force, but the power of knowing is even stronger. ☥

All the buildings of justice will remain idle on the day when all men have high conscience!

If you choose to keep your true face secret, then the people who know you by one mask, must never meet those who know you by another.

Will you give the girl to me?" she said. "Will you let me try?" He nodded, dizzy with relief. "Please, Willo. Please. Save her. It doesn't matter...what happens to me.

The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry.

Whoever mocks his brother for a sin they repented from will not die till he himself falls into the same sin.

I kept starting 'Anansi Boys' as a movie and stopping, and eventually wrote the novel and was happy.

Up to this point your life has pretty much sucked. You’re not responsible for that. But you are responsible for what happens from here on.

I have my books and my poetry to protect me