The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song. Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.

It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?

To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge.

A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.

The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.

Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society's hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.

I am commanded therefore I am.