In certain almost supernatural states of the soul, the profundity of life reveals itself entirely in the spectacle, however ordinary it may be, before one's eyes. It becomes its symbol.

Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts.

God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.

Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.

One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.

Music fathoms the sky.

Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)

It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.

Revolutionary constituencies always involve a tacit alliance between the least alienated and the most oppressed.

If you cannot handle the pressure, don't be an entrepreneur. Go get a job!

Sexual harassment is complex, subtle, and highly subjective.

Your faith is measured by how well you love those who can't stand you.

God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in love, which is a sincere gift of self.

If he wants me broken, then I will have to be whole.