What is Christian in art does not lie in the theme but in the spirit of it, in its wisdom and the understanding of reality it reflects.

Jesus didn't come to make us Christian. Jesus came to make us fully human.

Art is a form of play rejoicing before the face of God.

Art tries, literally, to picture the things which philosophy tries to put into carefully thought-out words.

Our world has changed for better or for worse. It is for us to find truth and beauty for today, constantly re-applying the truth of God's word to our own time and our contemporary situation.

Modern art did not just happen. It came as a result of a deep reversal of spiritual values in the Age of Reason, a movement that in the course of a little more than two centuries changed the world.

Art cannot be used to show the validity of Christianity; it should rather be the reverse.

We do not know what we see, but we see what we know.

How can you say that modern art is ugly,when you worship the Lord in a building painted like this?

Generally, I love traveling because it's great to see new places.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Faith does not rely on knowing anything with certainty. It requires only the courage to accept that whatever happens is for the highest good.

Chess is not dominoes

Running for president is the new selfie.

Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice. And sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right timeor never.

The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.

Never get so fascinated by the extraordinary that you forget the ordinary.

So we die before our own eyes; so we see some chapters of our lives come to their natural end.

In life we have decisions to make, paths to take and opportunities to take advantage of.