Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.

The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.

...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.

Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.

If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.