We live in the best of all possible worlds

Take what you need, do what you should, you will get what you want.

Everything that is possible demands to exist.

Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future.

Every mind has a horizon in respect to its present intellectual capacity but not in respect to its future intellectual capacity.

To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.

The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.

Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.

Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being.

We may say, that not only the soul (the mirror of an indestructible universe) is indestructible, but also the animal itself is, although its mechanism is frequently destroyed in parts.

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.

Compassion is the chief law of human existence.

To feel the joy of life go where your heart is taking you.

Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.

I was not going to allow myself to really believe that I was free until I was actually free.

I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.

Even if I don't have the money to take vocal lessons, I'll practice in the house by myself singing out loud.

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.

I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my mission field.

I've worked with Robert Altman a couple of times too.

The only true corrective of Constitutional abuses is education.