For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts.

It occurs to me that artists go forward by going backward, something which I have nothing against intrinsically when it is a reproduced retreat - as is the case with the better artists.

Comparison is the most dangerous acquaintance love can make.

to have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God.

Worship isn't God's show. God is the audience. God's watching. The congregation, they are the actors in this drama. Worship is their show. And the minister is just reminding the people of their forgotten lines.

It is intelligent to ask two questions: (1) Is it possible? (2) Can I do it?. But it is unintelligent to ask these questions: (1) Is it real? (2) Has my neighbor done it?