The world itself is pregnant with failure, is the perfect manifestation of imperfection, of the consciousness of failure.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

All children are born to grow, to develop, to live, to love, and to articulate their needs and feelings for their self-protection.

Technology and social media have brought power back to the people.

There is no genius who hasn't a touch of insanity.

How has anyone ever understood anyone, except through love, which is wordless?

So long as we are full of self we are shocked at the faults of others. Let us think often of our own sin, and we shall be lenient to the sins of others.

The right idea is the one you can't stop thinking about; the one that's in your head first thing in the morning.

A constant attention to the work which God entrusts us with is a mark of solid piety.

Anybody who doesn't have a scandal I have no interest in meeting because they haven't lived their lives.

I am living and having supernatural experiences. A lot of people get really freaked out about that. I speak in tongues; I've been baptized in the Holy Spirit.