No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is.

I do not know what evil is when it comes to art. I only know what is good art and what is bad art.

As you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them --"ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.

It's not a pretty world, Papa.' 'I've noticed,' my father said softly.

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.

He taught them that the purpose of a man is to make his life holy--every aspect of his life: eating, drinking praying, sleeping. God is everywhere, he told them, and if it seems at times that He is hidden from us, it is only because we have not yet learned to seek Him correctly.

It's always easier to learn something than to use what you've learned. . . . You're alone when you're learning. But you always use it on other people. It's different when there are other people involved.