“By the time a man realises that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he is wrong.”

“That was a time when a man had the right to be burried by his own son an' a son had the right to burry his own father.”

“The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.”

“Son, never trust a man who doesn’t drink because he’s probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the world. They’re the judges, the meddlers. And, son, never trust a man who drinks but refuses to get drunk. They’re usually afraid of something deep down inside, either that they’re a coward or a fool or mean and violent. You can’t trust a man who’s afraid of himself. But sometimes, son, you can trust a man who occasionally kneels before a toilet. The chances are that he is learning something about humility and his natural human foolishness, about how to survive himself. It’s damned hard for a man to take himself too seriously when he’s heaving his guts into a dirty toilet bowl.”

“Son, there are times a man has to do things he doesn't like to, in order to protect his family.”

“But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.”