Why is it that the people with whom one loves to be silent are also the very ones with whom one loves to talk?

Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.

There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.

There is nothing so debilitating to a naturally weak sense of humor as selling tickets behind a grating.

It was not long after sunrise, and Stephen Waterman, fresh from his dip in the river, had scrambled up the hillside from the hut in the alder-bushes where he had made his morning toilet.

If you make children happy now, you will make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it.

Some folks mistakes all they see for all there is.

Lord, I do not ask that Thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.

Father doesn't think very sudden, but he thinks awful strong.

Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.

Miranda Sawyer had a heart, of course, but she had never used it for any other purpose than the pumping and circulating of blood.

It is the ultimate religion, through which the son, the Father and all elements of the universe become unified.

I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine

Love is a better teacher than duty.

I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person.

A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.

I am really bad at actually interviewing people.

I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr.

Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart

The custom of the Church has very great authority and ought to be jealously observed in all things.

I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.