If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my adorable Redeemer.

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.

The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

We are what comes to us and by what we choose to fulfill. We learn love by experiencing other people loving us and by cultivating compassion for all humankind.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

that's the thing with secrets. They're leaky

If you say you had a zen moment, you already didn't.

Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There’s always room at the top in every pursuit.

The Bronx are great. I have a lot of respect for those guys, they know more about music and how that world works than most of the players out there.

All phenomena link together in a mutually conditioning network.

I believe in preaching to the converted; for I have generally found that the converted do not understand their own religion.

Sometimes I feel the music is the only medicine.

Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.