Every friendship with God and every love between Him and a soul is the only one of its kind.

The way to do much in a short time is to love much. People will do great things if they are stirred with enthusiasm and love.

It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.

It is not so much what we say or do that educates; what really educates is who we are.

I wish that Christmas may be happy and heavenly, and the holidays glow with the gifts of the inner life that God will give to each one.

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.

Isn't it wonderful that two of the most sacred and symbolic plants, the olive and the vine, live on almost nothing, a terrace of limestone, sun and rain.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

We must never try to escape the obligation of living at our best.

Look at yourself—Are your eyes Twinkling? Is your heart Dancing? Are your lips Smiling? If yes, then you are truly enjoying Life.

I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If you enjoy something, you just enjoy it. No sense feeling guilty about it.

The bigger the corporation, the bigger the corruption. The more invisible the corporation, the more malicious it is.

Death's vigilance is eternal, so shall mine be.

Every time we look at the Blessed Sacrament our place in heaven is raised forever.

It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.

When I'm making records, I don't go in with any intentional [ideas for] cohesion, it just happens by accident. That's the X factor; you can't predict that.

People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.

There's less skill and more plain hard work to writing than anyone except a writer thinks.

Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement.