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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
“God can be everywhere at the same time if he wants, but he ain’t in every building that calls itself a church. You can stand in a pulpit and call yourself a minister. I can roll around in mud and call myself a pig too. Don’t mean you was called to preach, and it don’t mean I was meant to be pork chops,”
Waiting for the world to shed tears for your pain was like waiting for a statue to speak.
“Terrible people can do good things sometimes. But they like doing the terrible things more.
So I sat down my rum and Coke and picked up that barstool and made them think about their life choices.”
“Faith is a fragile thing, Sheriff. Do you know that? They like to talk about mustard seeds and not walking by sight and all that shit, but the truth is it don’t take much to break your faith. Get sick, get broke, or lose your only son. Your faith will run out of town faster than a deadbeat daddy,”
Humility is not thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself less,’”
“Treat people bad, bad comes back to you,”