“It is my belief that marriage is made holy by two souls in communion, not by the order of the law.”

“First you must believe there is a soul.... If by a soul one means the creature who lives within each of us, a creature born loving, born joyful, but who with each worldly blow shrinks more deeply i...”

“Greed and our food supply. It is greed that compels dairymen to skim every bit of goodness from milk to make other products and then to fill the swill left with chalk and sell it at profit. Greed t...”

“I find that the thoughts spoken between the lines are the most important parts of a poem or story.”

“Whenever you see this much wealth, assume that someone dirtied his hands. Fortunes don't come to saints.”

“I had come to realize that you must do what you must for your children, even it if called for the sacrifice of your very soul.”

“Is there shame in living off your fellow man or being unable to take care ofyourself? You bet. But a person whos willing to work and pay their own waycan at least take pride in that even if they ca...”

“A true encounter with the living God will break the spirit of religiosity, empty man of his pride and conform even the most vile and wicked into a living vessel for His glory.”

“He has come to the most dreadful conclusion a literary man can come to, the conclusion that the ordinary view is the right one. It is only the last and wildest kind of courage that can stand on a t...”