"In times of trouble you can count on your self. In times of disaster you can count on your friends. In times of sorrow you can count on your Father."

“By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls.”

“The brain, or cerebrum, is a material entity located inside the skull which may be inspected, touched, weighed, and measured. It is composed of chemicals, enzymes, and humors which may be analyzed. Its structure is characterized by neurons, pathways, and synapses which may be examined directly when they are properly magnified.”

“I know it's a really hard concept to process, but the fact that Govt accuses someone of being a Terrorist doesn't mean they are.”

“My life is one long daily, hourly record of answered prayer. For physical health, for mental overstrain, for guidance given marvelously, for errors and dangers averted, for enmity to the Gospel subdued, for food provided at the exact hour needed, for everything that goes to make up life and my poor service. I can testify, with a full and often wonder-stricken awe, that I believe God answers prayer.”

“In terms of the Richter scale this defeat was a force 8 gale.”

“We didn't intend to hurt each other, and we don't have time to do so. Life is too short to blame others. It's now the past. I hope that everybody will do well in the long run.”

“Actions are destiny's pen.”

“Hatred is one long wait.”

Source : René Maran (1922). “Batouala: A Negro Novel”