You need not fear it, but you must always bear in mind that the past is never quite as finished with you as you think you are with it.

Be faithful in your calling and you will fulfill your ministry to the end

Be a hero, if not for others, then for yourself.

Hate is the consequence of fear we fear something before we hate it a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.

Maybe this world is another planet's Hell.

Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life.

But I can't bear it when somebody who some man made a pass at - to call that violence seems to me absurd and insulting to women who've really met violence, who've been raped or bashed.

One would like to know, what were foes made for except to be used?

Write for the love of your art. Someplace down the road, the money, the fame, they'll come, but by that time you won't be thinking in terms of money or fame.

Christ bears the wounds of the church, his body, just as he bore the wounds of crucifixion. I sometimes wonder which have hurt worse.

I was too broke to buy a guitar so I more borrowed guitars from friends.