Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

Being disguised under the disfigurement of an ugly crucifixion and death, the Christ upon the cross is paradoxically the clearest revelation of who God is.

Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.

It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.

There will never be beings unloved by God, since God is absolute love.

To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.

The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.

There is much in Christianity which can be subjected to exact analysis. But the ultimate things are shrouded in the silent mysteries of God.

God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.

A truth that is merely handed on, without being thought anew from its very foundations, has lost its vital power.

Never have a plan

I am amazed about the greatness of God.

The imagination is closer to the actor than real life-more agreeable, more comfortable.

What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does.

Fools carry their daggers in their open mouths.

I've mainly been sampling jazz because the tone of the chords are expressive in itself, so it's quite nice to write over.

The heart never becomes wrinkled.

I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring to Bill Clinton)

I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically.

There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.