Violence can behave like a disease. That insight gives a different frame of reference that is designed to take the judgment out of it, to take the good-versus-bad-people view out of it.

The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery.

God dances with the outcast.

Follow the evidence to where it leads, even if the conclusion is uncomfortable.

Plastic people flashing fake smiles at a pretend world.

God can only be of service to me and I to him, not in the past, nor in the future, but only right now in this moment.

My point is that the social forces liberals like to point to are real - I absolutely agree - but, at the same time, a good grounding from a family can make a huge difference.

I'm not someone who gives prescriptives at the end of my films.

When you get the coffee from the store, does it come in a great big metal can?'He beamed. 'Absolutely.'That was all I needed to hear. "Tea. A cup of tea.

It's not wise to seek the revenge and forget to love.

Glee! The great storm is over!

I admire photographers that don't need a destination. In some ways, street photography is like that. There's a quality of wanderlust for sure in my work, but I need a destination.

I like to work with artists who are as wide in their musical taste as I am.

When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you are doing, you become stressed.

I feel the audience has a right to know if some of the money they're spending is going to a certain cause, and reassuring them the money is going to where it's supposed to be going.

One of the best ways countries can combat poverty is to use development assistance to promote a growing private sector, in which the poor can fully participate.

Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

The part about me being an 'okay sorcerer'? 'Not great'? No I believe I missed that. -Lucas Cortez (Dime Store Magic)

Think of the ills from which you are exempt, and it will aid you to bear patiently those which now you may suffer.