Religion struck me so vague a thing at best, that I could perceive no advantage of any one system over any other.
A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.
As the Americans slaughter millions of turkeys every year for the celebration of their deliverance, the Indians, who should be celebrated as saviors, have long been slaughtered. There was even a time when a white man was paid a very decent price for every Indian scalp he could produce.
The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to be more than that, he has to counter power with power, he has to oppose the system with another system.
Every work of art depicts an aspect of reality.
Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying.
Humans need justice in the here and now and grace in the thereafter. Justice in the here and now is possible only without freedom,and grace in the thereafter only through the freedom of God.
So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines.
I liked to drive around, just playing music for everyone.
An important purpose for mortality is to help us learn to recognize and to choose the positive even though the negative more fully surrounds us. We make this choice consciously or unconsciously in every moment of the day, and these millions of tiny choices create the foundation of our identity. We are what we think. We are what we say, what we do, what we fill our lives with. Ultimately, every being creates himself by these countless, crucial choices.
One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish.