I am a part of you, and the part of me, that is a part of you, will always be a part of you. That part will never leave you.

Without trust there's no cooperation. And without cooperation there's no progress. History stops.

We as [churches] may be lampstands, but all of the light is Christ Himself. We exist in order that He might shine through us.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

Let me tell you what I just heard. Talk, talk, talk, I. Talk, talk, talk, I. Well, what about me?

I don't hate work, composing is not work for me, it's my pleasure; it's my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop?

It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape.

Money is a bad god. People are a bad god. They don't have the power to do what God can do.

It takes a habit to replace a habit.

And my interest in history was, and remains, very strong: what I wanted was to understand certain things better by understanding them psychoanalytically.

The world has not gone one step beyond idolatry yet.