Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

After all, as Franco would dictate, everyone was going to lose their money at some point. You may as well do so half drunk and at the mercy of a pretty smile.

I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.

All things which are similar and therefore connected, are drawn to each other's power.

If you can be a blessing to somebody else, you're sowing a seed for God to help you.

I just want the pain to end.

I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that sometimes I was fooling somebody; I don't know who or what, maybe myself.

No money changed hands, of course.

Saying the Washington Post is just a newspaper is like saying Rasputin was just a country priest.

The twin gods, Necessity and Chance, walked among the stars. What needed to be, was; what might be, sometimes was.

Counsel in trouble gives small comfort when help is past remedy.