Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.

We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.

The devil's happy when the critics run you off.

I find it a challenge to cooperate in a society where it's considered moral to critique a résumé yet immoral to critique morality.

Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is only existent after an individual meets the adopted standards of the condemner; oppositely, unconditional love is a holy love.

At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.

When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.