Baptism is not the work of man but of Christ, and this sacrament is so holy that it would not be defiled, even if the minister were a murderer.

If a man wants to be always in God's company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.

Nothing exists without music, for the universe itself is said to have been framed by a kind of harmony of sounds, and the heaven itself revolves under the tone of that harmony.

Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.

The more you devote yourself to study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil is tilled, the richer the harvest.

Letters are signs of things, symbols of words, whose power is so great that without a voice they speak to us the words of the absent; for they introduce words by the eye, not by the ear.

Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading.

Mary means enlightener, because She brought forth the Light of the world. In the Syriac tongue, Mary signifies Lady.

War with vices, but peace with individuals.

Tolle numerum omnibus rebus et omnia pereunt.Take from all things their number and all shall perish.

Study as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die tomorrow.

A star would lose its value if it tried to be something else

Pray for victory, plan for disaster.

What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

When I was a kid, I read comics. But when I saw how funny it was, and how wonderfully absurd, I said, "You know, I gotta do this."

There should be no political prisoners in a democratic country.

We'd be better off if we only had the words 'I love you.'

Nature gives all, without reservation, and loses nothing; man or woman, grasping all, loses everything.

The public's not stupid.

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.