We...live in a world that is too prone to the tasteless, and we need to provide an opportunity to cultivate a taste for the finest music. And, likewise, we’re in a world that’s so attuned to the now that we need to permit people to be more attuned to the best music of all ages.

How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then, let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!'

I am as I am, And so is a stone; Them that don't like me, Must leave me alone.

Sometimes we are so busy being the hammer or the anvil, that we forget who really needs the shaping.

Sometimes the best people... have the worst experiences... because they are ready to learn

Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.

Faith in God includes Faith in God's timing.