Give to God just one thought of sincere love and longing and He responds: 'My child, one silent call from the depths of your soul, and I am there in an instant.'

He knows what He is doing with me. I cannot always understand His way, but I am content in the realization that He knows what is best. That is surrender.

Perfect joy lies in selflessly striving for the best outcome, and then humbly accepting whatever God gives.

Think of God not as a word, or a stranger, or as someone on high, waiting to judge and punish you. Think of Him as you would want to be thought of if you were God.

If we were in tune and communing with God every moment, where would be the need to pray or ask for anything?

There is absolutely nothing we can ever do that will cause God to forsake us. He will never turn away from us.

Let the love of the moon kiss you good night, let the morning sun wake you up with loving light.

There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.

All's well that ends well.

I just don't have a lick of optimism left in me.

Every civilized human being, whatever his conscious development, is still an archaic man at the deeper levels of his psyche.

The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government.

Why did I want to break all the rules? Because the rules didn’t make sense, that’s why

I used to go to the school folk club with my songs when I was only 13 or so and say "this is a traditional folk song" and sing it with a bad Irish accent to disguise the real source.

A bottle of wine Still to be drunk, A bundle of thoughts Still to be thunk.

America must remain freedom's staunchest friend, for freedom is our best ally and it is the world's only hope to conquer poverty and preserve peace.