I am made of God, through his Grace. Such that your misery touches me not, Nor does flame of that burning assail me.

The more souls who resonate together, the greater the intensity of their love... and, mirror-like... each soul reflects the other.

The path to paradise begins in hell.

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle (The love that moves the sun and the other stars)

There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you.

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Follow your path, and let the people talk.

Three things remain with us from paradise: stars, flowers and children.

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

Nashville has always been competitive. My granddaddy called it the Hillbilly Babylon.

The depth of our compassion is proportional to the depth of our living. (65)

Those minutiae calcify into the bones of our intimacy.

Christ wants us to have a child's heart but a grown-up's head.

There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness.

Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.

Men to whom wine had brought death long before lay by springs of wine and drank still, too stupefied to know their lives were past.

If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.

Much of the world's work, it has been said, is done by men who do not feel quite well. Marx is a case in point.

I think it's my energy and love of life that has been the real key to my fame and success.