People mistake their limitations for high standards.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.

We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers

To understand a new idea, break an old habit.

Was 9/11 not the 20th congress of the American Dream?

I like children. If they're properly cooked.

Pigs should not make friends with butchers. One must choose one's friends wisely.

Followers of Jesus do well to spend more time engaging him than explaining him.

Many people will never read a Bible, but they will read you.

When you're surrounded by flowers, you breath better.

I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've got a right to say what I believe

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

Christians have always been fodder for comedians who have tended to portray them as anoraks - slightly clammy, beatifically smiley dullards with barely a personality between them.

Why do we go through all the nonsense with security at our airport? It's not because the Catholic Church is falling apart.