Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.

I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage.

I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.

Seeds must be sown everywhere. Only some will bear fruit. But there would not be the fruit from the few had the many not been sown

A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two

A life is measured by how it is lived for the sake of heaven.