The proofs that God does not exist are very strong, but in lots of people they are not as strong as the feeling that He does.

Yes, you should talk," he said. "Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth.

I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down.

Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

My own journey started long before I left, and was over before I returned.

There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing. And some of the things folks do is nice, and some ain't nice, but that's as far as any man got a right to say.

Only mediocrity escapes criticism.