I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?

Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they’re just infested with lots of stuff.

Christianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label.

I’m not sure what you need first – the players believing or others believing in them – but in the end, both have to think it.

A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

Never at any point did I feel like missing a training session. I was very keen on improving as a cricketer and as an international player.

Our work is never over.

Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.

I like being a writer.

It’s not a faith in technology. It’s faith in people.

The truest form of any form of revolutionary Left, whatever you want to call it, was Jack Kerouac, E.E. Cummings, & Ginsberg’s period. Excuse me, but that’s where it was at.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read.

To Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase… Rather, it’s displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.

I don’t read books much.

There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ, and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt.

I don’t think I’ve ever read poetry, ever. I’m not really book-smart.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

‚The Lady’s World‘ should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women’s opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure.

I’m a writer, not a professional runner. It’s fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

I’m committed to the fight game.

I’ve worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

I know I have a responsibility to the fans.

The day I think I’m not enjoying the game and contributing the way I would like to, I’ll hang up my boots.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.

I just feel that ‚The Color Purple,‘ which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors.

Every man’s memory is his private literature.

Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.

Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.

Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.

Shakespeare didn’t work at all for me.

It is not Kafka’s fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

I’ve had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.

Don’t let anybody make you think God chose America as His divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world.

Charlotte Bronte was writing about sex. I supposed Jane Austen was, too. Where do you get a hero like Darcy unless you are writing about sex?

I’ve sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don’t need sauce. I know he doesn’t even want you to pour sauce. And I’ve seen customers come in and do that, and I’ve seen him, as stoic as he tries to remain, I’ve seen him die a little inside.

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

It’s simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they’re done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it’s what they see. That’s where my head is at.

You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here.

If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.