The sight of one man standing up to challenge God and country is something that Madison, Jefferson and Franklin would cheer, and every American can celebrate.

It is impossible to understand history, international politics, the world economy, religions, philosophy, or ‘patterns of culture’ without taking geography into account.

How strong is a faith that can't stand up to a few honest questions?

I know one thing for sho Heaven’s gotta have a ghettoCuz where else in death do I get to go?

A gardin is where you can find a whole spectrum of life, birth and death

God is the one who puts dreams inside you. So you'd better chase them fast, before He decides to let them chase you instead....Because sometimes He does that, just to get your attention.

It is easier to communicate with spirits than for one university department to communicate with another.

It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better.

The relation of this God with this man; the relation of this man with this God--this is the only theme of the Bible and of philosophy.

Ah, I like the look of packing crates! A household in preparation for a journey! ... Something full of the flow of life, do you understand? Movement, progress...

I feel like all the songs are little scenes, different angles, of the feelings that come around something ending.

I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest I should bring upon them misfortune.

Not less of love, but expanding Of love beyond desire, and so liberation From the Future as well as the past.