"Christ the Lord is risen today " Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high Sing ye heavens and earth reply.

Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done.

Amazing Love! how can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his grace!

Peace on earth, and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled.

Be friends of everyone. Be enemies of no-one

The person who bears and suffers evils with meekness and silence is the sum of a Christian man.

He left His Father's throne above, (So free, so infinite His grace!) Emptied Himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race.

And all things as they change proclaim The Lord eternally the same.

Jesus, Thou art all compassion, pure unbounded love Thou art; Visit us with Thy salvation, enter every trembling heart.

To God your every Want In instant Prayer display, Pray always; Pray, and never faint; Pray, without ceasing, Pray.

As time diminishes, your life also diminishes with it.

Time cannot put anything in your hands until you let go off the time.

It was either the chaos of a crowd of thoughts or the silence of solitude... nothing in between..

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken made verbal and shared even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.

The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.

The nice part about being wealthy is I can do what I want to do. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. But I have to be honest.

I'm really good at judging and observing other people, but not myself.

It [love about acting] is all about role playing - the same thing you do when you're a kid, when you play with dolls or toys and make up stories. I never grew out of it.

I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18.