Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.

The guilt that accompanies mistakes can be washed away.

At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can 'see' things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.

Most of what we acquire materially is found to not be worth what we must pay spiritually.

Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.

Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.

The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.