What sort of God would it be, who only pushed from without.

To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything.

Words are good, but there is something better. The best cannot be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can only be only understood and represented by the spirit.

The greatest act of faith takes place when a man finally decides that he is not God.

Doesn't surprise me that Christ our Lord preferred to live with whores and sinners, seeing I go in for that myself.

The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.

No one as ever completed their apprenticeship.