I don't think that God says, "Go to church and pray all day and everything will be fine." No. For me God says, "Go out and make the changes that need to be made, and I'll be there to help you.

The church wanted us to give out food to malnourished children, but they didn't want us to question why they were malnourished to begin with.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

We are not alone and we all have ample creativity within us if we just trust it.

There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.

There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life

Love will not just heal your life or mine. Love will heal the world.

We are freer than we think.

Let us never forget that it is the Lord who guides the Church. He is the one who makes our apostolates fruitful.

I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.

I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving.