Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark.

Among all his creatures in heaven or earth, God hath not made any like unto the sun in the firmament, the beams whereof are beautiful and pleasant, and do give comfort in all places to all things.

The word of God teacheth lowliness of mind; it teacheth us to know ourselves.

In old time we had treen chalices and golden priests, but now we have treen priests and golden chalices.

Adam was placed in Paradise in perfect estate, and in the company of God's angels; God walked and did talk with him. He heard the voice, and beheld the presence of God.

The word of God is that unto our souls, which our soul is unto our body.

But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue forever, and never have an end.

To maintain a fault known is a double fault.

But the word of the Gospel is not as the word of an earthly prince.

The number of witches had everywhere become enormous.

As the body dieth when the soul departeth, so the soul of man dieth, when it hath not the knowledge of God.

Fake people will insult you infront of the whole world but those who are true to you will insult you more but in private.

Being loved is the only thing that is admirable by any stretch of the imagination.

We are one human family.

Wisdom in sorrow is better than joy in folly.

One cannot help but identify with the life-giving quality of water, not just to quench our thirst, but for our emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

If you don't have some sort of belief system by which to center your life, it's hard sometimes to understand why you would put up with your family.

I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood.

I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't overintellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to do. I think it's something you do if you put the work in.

I've given up thinking - it keeps getting me into trouble.

There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work.