The old man always said we should attend to the things we have some hope of understanding, and eternity isn't one of them. Well, this world isn't one either.

Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.

Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life.

Every sorrow suggests a thousand songs and every song recalls a thousand sorrows and so they are infinite in number and all the same.

I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.

We are part of a mystery, a splendid mystery within which we must attempt to orient ourselves if we are to have a sense of our own nature.

This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.

There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.

Ordinary things have always seemed numinous to me

When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all.

Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.

Is there a difference between loving someone and being in love with someone?

One man's floor is another woman's ceiling .

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

Psychic perception is a much more efficient and accurate method of seeing and knowing reality.

Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.

Happiness is often somewhere near us, not in the far places!

It's more likely I'll dye my hair green, get a bunch of tattoos and go on tour with Amy Winehouse.

We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?

If you want to grow in writing songs that will express the wonders of God, immerse yourself in God.