Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.

I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me.

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

We believe the ice sheet was not around all the time. It was only around during cool snaps of the climate.

God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.

I overcame size with mechanics.

The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.

No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.

My mom and dad, although they may not have had a lot of formal education, they were two of the most brilliant people that I know.

I don't live with people, that's why my relationships last. I'm not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand I'd say, - no, it's not heavy, I can hold it myself, thank you'.

Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.

Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.

I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things but relying on yourself, taking what you have into the battle and making of it what you will, hoping you can figure it out as you go. Make some sense of it.

Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.