A person's life from infancy to old age is nothing else than an advance from the world towards heaven, the last stage of which is death; the actual transition from one life to the next.

Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.

Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might be.

Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind.

For those who trust in the Divine all things are moving towards an everlasting state of happiness, and no matter what happens at any time to them, it contributes to that state.

Every single moment of a person's life, both of the understanding and of the will, is a new beginning.

Our love is our life itself. What our love is like determines how we live and therefore everything about what we are as human beings.

Conscience is God's presence in humans.

My roses are my jewels, the sun and moon my clocks, fruit and water my food and drink.

When the way is not clear, there is absolutely no way. "Wrong choices" are unarguably "no choices".

It is not enought to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

Apathy is the great requisite for the station; for woe betide the wretch who fancies any modicum of zeal.

Licking Falls, Ohio, had its own set of standards. They were archaic at best.

When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'

I just wanted to do something important.

I have an awful lot to learn. My dream is to get better and better as I get older.

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring.

I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make.