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“It's often said that God works in mysterious ways. You have to really think about what He's trying to do. You can't be lazy and believe in God; He doesn't make it that easy. It takes spirit and faith and passion to really believe. Like most things worthwhile in life, you get back what you put into it. Only with faith, you get back a lot more.”
Source : David Baldacci (2011). “The Christmas Train”, p.228, Pan Macmillan
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“The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism.”
Source : "The Faith of a Heretic". Book by Walter Kaufmann, ch. 6, 1961.
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“Normally book ideas come to me in a moment.”
Source : "Tracy Chevalier: 'Slavery has to be raised until it's put to bed'". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2013. 
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“Just over 800 people were gathered around the cooking stage, all eager to learn about my five-minute flavor cooking. The demonstration had to be done right then and there, in front of everyone.”
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“Our work is to make ourselves visible in the world. This is the soul's individual journey, and the soul would much rather fail at its own life than succeed at someone else's.”
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“I remember quotes in the paper, 'Here comes the man that New York loves to hate.' Man? None of you have probably ever eaten steak with me or rice and beans with me to understand what the man is about. You might say the player, the competitor, but the man? You guys have abused my name. You guys have said so many things, have written so many things.”
Source : Pedro Martinez, Michael Silverman (2015). “Pedro”, p.301, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“When you look at other sports, like golf, the players earn a lot more money without running around.”
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“When we're in the storm we learn more about the character of the God we serve than when we're on the mountaintop.”
