The abundance of beards in periods of social unrest, times of revolt or upheaval, should be noted. It's the handiest way people have of making themselves mysterious.

I've always believed that the only defeats and victories that matter in life are those you lose or win alone, against yourself.

I embraced her and she did not object at all. She let herself be kissed and kissed back, but coolly, without conviction, absently, as if she were smoking a cigarette.

A stranger sleeps next to me, like a stone beside another stone.

You will face yourself again in a moment of terror and will learn once again that old lesson you keep forgetting: that you can escape from anywhere, but you cannot flee your own self.

I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.

We can build anything in our imagination that's where all creation begins in your life

A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world.

The best prayers have often more groans than words.

A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There scarcely ever was a civilization of their complexion, nor even any individual, eminent either in action or speculation.

A farmer's got to be born, same as a fool. You can't make a corn pone out of flour dough by the twistin' of it.

When I was young, I used to think that wealth and power would bring me happiness... I was right.

Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.