Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost and was found is saved from being lost again.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man’s nose begins.

Willpower survives.

Jealousy is only hurt ego. Revenge is meaningless. Life is abstract. There is no point other than pleasure.

Anyone who is different or is slightly out of the norm, is considered crazy.

Sometimes, a fight you cannot win is still worth fighting.

My father died early. My mother died early. I started hanging with the gangs. I'm on the streets; I'm committing crimes. And the music came along, and this music just took me on a different road.

Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain.

Violent revolutions usually only mean a change of personnel at the top.

If I don't take the risk, I'll wind up with a bloodless poem. I have to be out there on the edge.

I believe that work can be done on security; in combating terrorism in Mexico we have done our part in this area. But at the same time, the world must continue working.