I believe that most of what was said of God was in reality said of that Spirit whose body is Earth.

We become what we habitually contemplate

I don't just write music to esthetically satisfy somebody. The reason I write music is that I feel it's a vehicle or channel which leads to your true self, your essence.

Whenever I heard a musician do something that I could not explain, I went back to the theory in order to figure it out.

Education has a larger function than the mere communication of knowledge.

If America has a future, Jazz has a future. The two are inseparable.

On the other side of every mountain was another mountain.

Those gifts and talents, which are incorporated in you and have not yet been implemented, make your potential

Better educated or financially comfortable people often smile more than less educated or economically distressed people.

Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?

Genuine, authentic relating enlivens the spirit.

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful.

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

Without proper foundations, there can be no fashion.

The Church knows nothing of a sacredness of war. The Church which prays'Our Father'asks God only for peace.

He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.