What I cry out for, like every being, with my whole life and all my earthly passion, is something very different from an equal to cherish: it is a God to adore.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

Man has throughout the ages been seeking something beyond himself, beyond material welfare – something we call truth or God or reality, a timeless state – something that cannot be disturbed by circumstances, by thought or by human corruption.

Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.

I cook, I create, I’m incredibly excited by what I do, I’ve still got a lot to achieve.

God’s love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

A sense of the universe, a sense of the all, the nostalgia which seizes us when confronted by nature, beauty, music – these seem to be an expectation and awareness of a Great Presence.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head and the workman’s heart.

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.

Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God’s presence.

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

See, ‚A Time to Kill‘ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

Spiritual people don’t float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It’s not a job, it’s a passion. When you become good at it, it’s a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever.

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

Whenever you’re going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.

I don’t believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very strongly there is an intelligence at work in every flower, in every blade of grass, in every cell of my body. And it is that intelligence that, I wouldn’t say created the universe. It is creating the universe. It’s an ongoing process.

Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry – writing at writing.

I want to marry Arline because I love her – which means I want to take care of her. That is all there is to it. I want to take care of her. I am anxious for the responsibilities and uncertainties of taking care of the girl I love.

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it’s too assertive to the naked eye.

Christians are not limited to any church.

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

Christianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label.

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want him to rise up again under any circumstances.

I’m super serious about music. That’s, like, the only thing I’m serious about.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well – and for each of God’s children.

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

I’m in awe of the universe, but I don’t necessarily believe there’s an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.

I guess you could say it’s always been my destiny to be a performer.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I’m wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.

Saints need sinners.

Because I believe in God and have faith in God, it doesn’t mean I am immortal. It doesn’t mean I am immune, as has been claimed. I am as scared as anyone of getting hurt, especially driving a Formula One car.

So many people live with anger and unforgiveness, and many of them are Christians.

I started out as a poet. I’ve always been a poet since I was 7 or 8. And so I feel myself to be fundamentally a poet who got into writing novels.

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.

I don’t set out to write about spirituality; I am free to do something different every time.

The joy and love that I get from playing football are unbelievable. It is such a feeling that I want to give everything that I have got. I just enjoy it, I am living a life that I never even dreamt of.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

We all have two lives: an inner life and an outer life. Your inner life is your soul life, which includes your mind, will and emotions. Your outer life is your physical life. And while God cares about every detail of your life, He is more concerned with your inner life than your outer life.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

So many people think of me as a character on TV, but first and foremost, my passion is teaching dance and creating employable, working dancers.