I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.
Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
Wherever there are sinners, the weak, the sorrowful, the poor in the world, that is where God goes.
God can make a new beginning with people whenever God pleases, but not people with God. Therefore, people cannot make a new beginning at all; they can only pray for one. Where people are on their own and live by their own devices, there is only the old, the past.
The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. . . . . We must not. . . . . assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.
I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.
Hope does not necessarily have to take an object.
When I was growing up, I did not exercise at all. I was raised in the French Quarter in New Orleans. If I saw someone running, I would call the police because I thought they stole something on Royal Street.
Zen was an attempt to get back to the purest teachings of the Buddha -enlightenment without strings.