Any God I ever found in church, I brought in myself.
If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is.
Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and sensualists.
Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection
Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint.
The Americans never walk. In winter too cold and in summer too hot.
[People] have no jobs, they have horrible education, they have no safety or security, and I say to the African-American community, what the hell do you have to lose?
There is nothing that will make you a Christian indeed, but a taste of the sweetness of Christ.
I get anxious about a lot of things, that's the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just can't stop thinking about things all the time. And here's the really destructive part - it's always retrospective. I waste time thinking of what I should have said or done.
Everyone's scared. So scared they can't sleep sometimes. Or eat. Or keep their weight on. " "Then why bother playing?" I asked. It was a whisper, this question. "Because. You love the game. You love the people you play with. You love winning, maybe. You love that one moment when you get it right. . . I dunno. Why do you play?" "Because," I whispered, "it's who I am. " Sounds like a good reason to me.