“God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.”

“God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.”

“Ability is a poor man's wealth.”

“If we are not free, no one will respect us.”

“The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

“If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.”