"'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me into the path that I follow to this day. This is the only cookbook I've ever read that understands how men really eat: over the sink, in the dark, greasy to the elbows."

“Although your physical body was created, you are the one who makes this body function. In other words, you are the divine life known as God. I call it a life branching out from God.”

Source : "Living Like the Blue Sky".

“But without effort [God] sets in motion all things by mind and thought.”

“The time has come for America to hear the truth about this tragic war. In international conflicts, the truth is hard to come by because most nations are deceived about themselves. Rationalizations and the incessant search for scapegoats are the psychological cataracts that blind us to our sins. But the day has passed for superficial patriotism. He who lives with untruth lives in spiritual slavery.”

“Beauty loses its relish; the graces never.”

Source : Henry HOME (Lord Kames.) (1775). “Introduction to the art of thinking. Third edition. Enlarged with additional maxims and illustrations. [By Henry Home, Lord Kames.]”, p.79

“I don't pretend that I can read minds. I don't believe anybody can read minds. In other words, I don't believe in psychics.”

“When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.”

Source : "Fictional character: Michael Delaney". "Le Mans", www.imdb.com. June 23, 1971.

“Fear is like water. You need it. And it's good for you, as long as you have the right amount.”

“Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.”