“Every element has a sound, an original sound from the order of God; all those sounds unite like the harmony from harps and zithers.”

All of creation is a song of praise to God.

I welcome all creatures of the world with grace.

Humanity finds itself in the midst of the world. In the midst of all other creatures humanity is the most significant and yet the most dependent upon the others.

You are the mountain and the valley.

Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.

I, God, am in your midst. Whoever knows me can never fall. Not in the heights, nor in the depths, nor in the breadths. For I am love, which the vast expanses of evil can never still.

A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.

A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it.

With nature’s help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.

The earth which sustains humanity must not be injured. It must not be destroyed!

The soul is kissed by God in its innermost regions.

We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.

Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world – everything is hidden in you.

Love abounds in all things, excels from the depths to beyond the stars, is lovingly disposed to all things. She has given the king on high the kiss of peace.

Sometimes when we hear a song we breathe deeply and sigh. This reminds the prophet that the soul arises from heavenly harmony. In thinking about this, he was aware that the soul itself has something in itself of this music.

Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.

Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

I’m interested in pressure, I’m interested in duress. All the great works of art, or film or literature, in my opinion, have elements of those in them.

It’s not the elements of our worship that are awesome. It’s the object of our worship Who is awesome.

The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now.

The human element of making music is what’s most important.

The earth should not be injured. The earth should not be destroyed. As often as the elements, the elements of the world are violated by ill treatment, so God will cleanse them thru the sufferings, thru the hardships of mankind.

My Rainforests Project has three main elements. Firstly, to determine how much funding the rainforest countries need to re-orientate their economies so that the trees are worth more alive than dead.