An artist's domain was private, a haven for practicing and experimenting, the one place where failure was still allowed.

In music, she'd found a perfect language, a way of expressing the inexpressible.

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

If we don’t live by God’s heartbeat, by what He has in His heart, then we are wasting our time and life

Patriotism is dangerous, but kindness is always kind.

To pray without expectation is to misunderstand the whole concept of prayer and relationship with God.

Within a moment there is monumental potential. That is the mystery of a moment. It is small enough to ignore and big enough to change your life forever

If you look at all forms of collectivism, be it communism or fascism, people are reduced to animals.

Violence among boys is so valorized and so encouraged that you have to do things different in violence prevention with boys than with girls.

I should have remembered that when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals.

People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift.

The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.