Because I have time to spare, and for the first time in my life nobody expects anything of me. I don't have to prove anything. I'm not rushing anywhere; each day is a gift I enjoy to the fullest.

You explained to me that inspiration is born of stillness, and creativity comes from movement.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

You have striven so hard, and so long, to compel life. Can't you now slowly change, and let life slowly drift into you ... let the invisible life steal into you and slowly possess you.

Whate'er we leave to God, God does and blesses us.

Be God or let God.

The fewer the words, the better prayer.

The time when, most of all, you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

True happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversations of a few select companions.

Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.

Anxiety is a really crippling condition, and I suffer with it myself, and I feel for anyone who suffers from it. The way that I deal with it is try as much as possible to stay in the moment to not think about the past and not think about what's coming up in the future: to try and just seize the moment as much as possible.