“The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.”

I am commanded therefore I am.

Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.

Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.

When we pray, we bring G-d into the world

What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.

A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.

The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.

How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!

God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.

Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.

Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.

Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.

(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.

It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.

All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.

The world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.

In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.

I read Gloria Swanson’s autobiography just because I wanted to know what it was like in the time.

Autobiography is a preemptive strike against biographers.

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

I shall never write an autobiography, I’m much too jealous of my privacy for that.

My own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.

I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.

Writing lyrics with your wife does lead to talking about yourselves a lot. But this is not an autobiographical account of my personal marriage. It’s almost about the marriage of the band.