People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age.... Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.

Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.

A soul can create only when alone.

To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.

There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate, to answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.

I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.

God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.